What topic of personal interest did you choose to use for this assignment?
The topic I chose was The Relationship Between Sexual Content in Music and Dating and Sexual Behaviors of Emerging Adults. The topic discusses how music, music videos and popular music icons influence our generation and generations to come.
(2) Why did you choose this topic? What about this topic was interesting to you?
I chose this specific topic because I had found that while driving home over break I heard so many explicit or demeaning things in the music people happened to be playing which made me think about the effects the messages have on our personal lives.
The thing that really stood out and interested me about the article was how broad and in depth the research went on this topic especially the section where 14% of participants reported engaging in their first sexual encounter and first intercourse between the ages of 13 and 15. This really made me think of my own childhood and how possibly it is not only parents who encourage celibacy but it could have also been the music my friends and classmates listened to as well.
(3) Describe the topic or phenomenon discussed in the article. What were the researchers (that is, the author(s) of …show more content…
lyrical content increased in pop music, age at first date increased, and as sexual lyrical content increased in country music, the number of sexual partners decreased. These findings support that of previous research in that listening to music containing sexual lyrical content is associated with earlier sexual intercourse and engagement in risky sexual
The topic I chose was The Relationship Between Sexual Content in Music and Dating and Sexual Behaviors of Emerging Adults. The topic discusses how music, music videos and popular music icons influence our generation and generations to come.
(2) Why did you choose this topic? What about this topic was interesting to you?
I chose this specific topic because I had found that while driving home over break I heard so many explicit or demeaning things in the music people happened to be playing which made me think about the effects the messages have on our personal lives.
The thing that really stood out and interested me about the article was how broad and in depth the research went on this topic especially the section where 14% of participants reported engaging in their first sexual encounter and first intercourse between the ages of 13 and 15. This really made me think of my own childhood and how possibly it is not only parents who encourage celibacy but it could have also been the music my friends and classmates listened to as well.
(3) Describe the topic or phenomenon discussed in the article. What were the researchers (that is, the author(s) of …show more content…
lyrical content increased in pop music, age at first date increased, and as sexual lyrical content increased in country music, the number of sexual partners decreased. These findings support that of previous research in that listening to music containing sexual lyrical content is associated with earlier sexual intercourse and engagement in risky sexual