Culture is not only being a part of a certain race or ethnicity, it is the way of life and the activities of a group of people. The group could even be of different backgrounds, but also hold something in common that they can relate to such as music, religion, and language. In music especially, lifestyles are sung or rapped about, and though not all focus on negative topics, some encourage and show off a dangerous and violent way of living. This, of course, can impact the listening ear to idolize the gangsters, womanizers, players, and drug dealers. When culture is represented poorly, a child could get the wrong idea of what life is really supposed to be like or what is considered appropriate …show more content…
H. Lovibond’s article “The Effect of Media Stressing Crime and Violence upon Children 's Attitudes” published by Oxford University Press. The main hypothesis stated that exposure to crime and violence mass media, starting with comic books specifically, would influence the child in the direction of acceptance of the ideology of violence and that exposure to wholesome and constructive moral values influenced the child in the right direction, turning away from a path of crime and violence. With this guiding the investigation, evidence supporting the hypothesis was found in using a simple