The influence the media has on love and relationships can be one of the strongest influences a person can face. The media can affect how an individual views love and sex, whether it be through music and movies or pornography. Having a relationship is something men and women think about constantly; it can be the case of the young girl looking for prince charming or the college guy who just wants a one-night stand. The affect the media has on society is astonishing; the media is constantly telling people how their relationships are supposed to be played out. Romantic movies that release give people the allusion they will just find their soul mate eventually; it may make people’s ambition to go out and look for their own get smaller. The media
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Singers have made love songs for a very long time, and they have always done great with record sales as well. Singers like Whitney Houston and Celine Dion sold over fifteen million copies for love songs like “I Will Always Love You” and “My Heart Will Go On”, proving people are very into the romantic side of music. The music industry can change the way many people view relationships, love, and people in general. People always have said you can tell a lot about a person by the type of music they listen to; stating the music you listen to will affect how you act in your social life. For example, if you listen to “Just the Way You Are” by Bruno Mars you may appreciate women more than listening to “Bitches Ain’t Shit” by Snoop Dogg which can depict a very dark view on women. To a young boy growing up that listens to either of these artists may change his view on women forever. If the boy listens to too much of Bruno Mars he may be too soft towards women when they want a little of that rugged and tough factor in a man, but if he listens to too much Snoop Dogg he might grow up with no respect towards women at all and look at them as objects instead of people. Society has to make decisions on how they view people from their own experiences and not take to much of what an artist is saying into
Singers have made love songs for a very long time, and they have always done great with record sales as well. Singers like Whitney Houston and Celine Dion sold over fifteen million copies for love songs like “I Will Always Love You” and “My Heart Will Go On”, proving people are very into the romantic side of music. The music industry can change the way many people view relationships, love, and people in general. People always have said you can tell a lot about a person by the type of music they listen to; stating the music you listen to will affect how you act in your social life. For example, if you listen to “Just the Way You Are” by Bruno Mars you may appreciate women more than listening to “Bitches Ain’t Shit” by Snoop Dogg which can depict a very dark view on women. To a young boy growing up that listens to either of these artists may change his view on women forever. If the boy listens to too much of Bruno Mars he may be too soft towards women when they want a little of that rugged and tough factor in a man, but if he listens to too much Snoop Dogg he might grow up with no respect towards women at all and look at them as objects instead of people. Society has to make decisions on how they view people from their own experiences and not take to much of what an artist is saying into