rap music influence
Rap Music: Influences
Question: How does the culture of rap music have an influence on teens lives and their behavior?
Introduction
Intro sentence/hook: Music is essential in the lives of teens as they progress through their daily lives. It gives them a sense of relaxation, relief, and a time to let go of all that has been going through their minds.
Thesis: Music has a significant amount of influence on the lives of the youth, whether it be positive or negative.
Supporting Points/Body Paragraphs
Supporting Point #1: amount of time toward music
Today's teenagers spend four to five hours a day listening to music or watching it on television (American Academy of Pediatrics, Committee on Communications 1219).
A survey of 14 to 16 year olds in ten different southeastern cities showed that the time being spent listening to music was on an average of forty hours per week (American Academy of Pediatrics, Committee on Communications 1219).
One Swedish study found that adolescents who developed an early interest in violent music were more likely to be influenced by their peers and less influenced by their parents (American Academy of Pediatrics, Committee on Communications 1219).
Supporting Point #2: human behavior
Now more than one-thousand scientific studies and reviews conclude that significant exposure to violent music and lyrical content increase the risk of aggressive behavior in certain children and adolescents (American Academy of Pediatrics, Committee on Public Education 342).
The explicit lyrics desensitize the listener to violence and give the impression that the world is a meaner place than it really is (American Academy of Pediatrics, Committee on Public Education 341)
In a study done by Harvard University, five-hundred and eighteen videos were examined. Seventy-six video's showed acts of interpersonal violence. There were six acts of violence per two to three minute long segments. There were a total of four-hundred and sixty-two shootings,
Question: How does the culture of rap music have an influence on teens lives and their behavior?
Introduction
Intro sentence/hook: Music is essential in the lives of teens as they progress through their daily lives. It gives them a sense of relaxation, relief, and a time to let go of all that has been going through their minds.
Thesis: Music has a significant amount of influence on the lives of the youth, whether it be positive or negative.
Supporting Points/Body Paragraphs
Supporting Point #1: amount of time toward music
Today's teenagers spend four to five hours a day listening to music or watching it on television (American Academy of Pediatrics, Committee on Communications 1219).
A survey of 14 to 16 year olds in ten different southeastern cities showed that the time being spent listening to music was on an average of forty hours per week (American Academy of Pediatrics, Committee on Communications 1219).
One Swedish study found that adolescents who developed an early interest in violent music were more likely to be influenced by their peers and less influenced by their parents (American Academy of Pediatrics, Committee on Communications 1219).
Supporting Point #2: human behavior
Now more than one-thousand scientific studies and reviews conclude that significant exposure to violent music and lyrical content increase the risk of aggressive behavior in certain children and adolescents (American Academy of Pediatrics, Committee on Public Education 342).
The explicit lyrics desensitize the listener to violence and give the impression that the world is a meaner place than it really is (American Academy of Pediatrics, Committee on Public Education 341)
In a study done by Harvard University, five-hundred and eighteen videos were examined. Seventy-six video's showed acts of interpersonal violence. There were six acts of violence per two to three minute long segments. There were a total of four-hundred and sixty-two shootings,