Violence_In_The_Media

Violence In The Media Violent Lyrics That Cause Violence Since the 70’s, music has been accused of being the cause of violent behavior. During the 70’s and 80’s, several heavy metal bands were being blamed for the sudden outbursts of violent behavior among teens. Back then, Ozzy Osbourne was the choice of blame among the media. They were accusing him of having secret messages in his ‘satanic’ lyrics, which hypnotized and manipulated the minds of young listeners everywhere. During the 80’s, punk bands began to take over the music scene. The media then directed the blame towards the new artists. In 1988, rap was invented. The media also changed their views on who to blame. They broadcast several stories on the news, on how new age music was affecting the lives of the next generation. Soon blame was put on the African American rap artists, believing that they were poisoning today’s youth. Rap music was becoming known as a bleak way for someone to express themselves, labeling rap as the newest rebel music. People were beginning to believe stories that rap music lead to substance abuse, crime, rape and killing. Between ‘94 and ’95, punk rock was taken to new levels, when Marilyn Manson created media, music, blame, rap, people, new, lyrics, artists, violent, one, among, youth, world, wanted, tried, today’s, themselves, teens, taken, style, stories, society, several, rock, punk, originality, manson, known, everyone, ever, else, during, different, created, comes, changed