In the world we live in today, it is hard to deny the shootings happening all over the united states of America’s college campuses. Music is so easy to access now. Anyone at any age can get access to it. Most people would use YouTube to stream music, app stores, TV, and radio to listen to music. No one can really control the violence that has been spreading through the music. In a result of excessive exposure to violent music we see school shooting and mass shootings too. According to Gretchen Cundiff “ages of 16 and 30 are the most likely age group to consume rap/hip-hop music, and in turn, may become desensitized to the derogatory lyrics condoning relationship violence and sexual aggression” (Cundiff 71). As shocking as this data might be, it is true and it is probably going to get worse if nothing is done about it. Students today are facing a tough time trying to avoid
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The question is to explain why you would agree or disagree that violent music lyrics can affect a college student’s behavior. One of the student’s side, “Yes, I agree that violent music affects college students and alter their behavior so they become more aggressive towards life. Listening to violent music would probably leave a person thinking differently or even worse committing violent acts against others. That is why it is important to limit how many hours an individual should spend listening to violent music” (Megan). In contrast, another student responded differently in an interesting way and said, “Maybe I’m not sure it does affect college students, I think it is more due to stressors of life than violent music. College students tend to be much mature and responsible so they know violent music is bad for their psychological health” (Saleh). Both of the answers show how these two opinions are so different in meaning and what they
The question is to explain why you would agree or disagree that violent music lyrics can affect a college student’s behavior. One of the student’s side, “Yes, I agree that violent music affects college students and alter their behavior so they become more aggressive towards life. Listening to violent music would probably leave a person thinking differently or even worse committing violent acts against others. That is why it is important to limit how many hours an individual should spend listening to violent music” (Megan). In contrast, another student responded differently in an interesting way and said, “Maybe I’m not sure it does affect college students, I think it is more due to stressors of life than violent music. College students tend to be much mature and responsible so they know violent music is bad for their psychological health” (Saleh). Both of the answers show how these two opinions are so different in meaning and what they