Effects of Watching Violent Music on MTV
This research was conducted to examine
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This research was conducted to examine the effects of watching violent music on MTV on aggression in children. Ten boys between the ages of 12 and 15 years of age watched 2 hours of violent music videos recorded from MTV daily for 6 months. A control group of 10 boys in the same age group watched nonviolent music videos recorded from MTV for two hours daily for six months. At baseline, their aggressiveness was assessed by their teachers and parents on a scale of 0 (non-aggressive) to 10 - (very aggressive, fighting, bullying etc.). This assessment was repeated after 3 months and after 6 months and the results compared. It was found that aggressiveness increased in 50 percent of boys who watched violent music videos from MTV after three months and 60 percent of these boys after 6 months. There was almost no increase in aggressiveness in the boys in the control group who watched nonviolent music videos from MTV. The results show that listening to/viewing violent music videos on MTV increased aggressiveness in adolescent boys. This is in line with other studies which have found similar results. A series of experiments involving over 500 college students and researchers from Iowa State University and the Texas Department of Human services showed that songs with violent lyrics increase aggression-related thoughts and emotions and that this effect is directly related to the violence in the lyrics (Anderson, Carnagey and Eubanks, 2003, 960-971).
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it acceptable, and even romanticizes the use of interpersonal violence (671). This is true in America, but in Japan, a more realistic picture of violence is portrayed with a significant negative outcome for aggressors and victims, which is less likely to produce imitation by the viewer.
Music changes and intensifies the moods of teens and furni9shes them with slang (O'Toole, 1997). It dominates their conversations and provides ambience for their social gatherings. The style of music defines groups and cliques and the personalities who make the music provide models which dictate how they dress and act. It often alters their study habits and if played loudly, may damage their eardrums. A study of young people who listen to heavy metal found that they often think it puts them in a "good mood" which means the mood to do something bad - go out and beat people up or smash property. It is the younger adolescents who spend the most time watching MTV and music videos: the older teens listen to the music. The meaning that teenagers absorb from music videos depends on their stage in life. Different teens often get vastly different impressions from the same song. In one study, adolescents interpreted both regular heavy metal and
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