music: its effect on teenage society

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Catanduanes State University

College of Education

Virac, Catanduanes

MUSIC: ITS EFFECT ON TEEN!E SOCIET"

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MUSIC: ITS AFFECT ON TEENAGE SOCIETY


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Introduction

Is it necessary to believe to the statement “The msic ma!e me !o it"# $ho shol! be

blame! %or the actions an! ba! !oin&s o% teens to!ay# Shol! the artist an! me!ia have a

'ercenta&e o% the res'onsibility# Can &enres li(e ra's) roc( or heavy metal chan&e the moo!s

an! cases teens* behavior to ta(e a trn %or the +orst# Msic a%%ects teens in !i%%erent +ays an!

has been the case o% behavioral chan&es ha''enin& on them,

This research +ol! &ive an overvie+ to the e%%ects o% msic in !i%%erent +ays) i% it &ives

a 'ositive im'act to the teens an! in +hat 'articlar +ay, This research is !one to n!erstan!

%rther the essence o% msic in the society o% the teena&ers,

This research is also con!cte! to share the rea!ers +hat ha! ha''ene! to the Colmbine

Shootin&) to 'in'oint i% the msic ha! a 'ercenta&e o% res'onsibility abot the inci!ent,

Msic) by !e%inition) is “the science or art o% or!erin& tones or son!s in sccession) in

combination) an! in tem'oral relationshi's to 'ro!ce a com'osition havin& nity an!

continity" -$ebster ./01, Msic) an art%l arran&ement o% son!s across time has al+ays been a

%actor in 'eo'le*s lives, It is 'art o% virtally every cltre on Earth) bt it varies +i!ely amon&

cltres in style an! strctre, It is also a +ay o% commnicatin& an! every messa&e

commnicate! reaches the a!ience clearly, Msic is es'ecially meanin&%l an! 'o'lar !rin&

a!olescence, It is the most 're%erre! leisre time activity %or many a!olescent,

Smithto+n -23301 state! that there are so many ty'es o% msic ot there to!ay, 4a') 'o')

roc() contry) in!ie) alternative) har!core are some o% the abn!ant ty'es in the +orl!, Msic

sen!s ot either &oo! or ba! messa&es that have bi& im'acts on ho+ 'eo'le act, 5eo'le sally

become %rien!s +ith others +ho have a same taste in msic as the rest o% the 'eo'le they han&


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ot +ith) or it can be vice versa, 5eo'le may not +ant to associate +ith 'eo'le +ho have

!i%%erent tastes in msic becase they*ll ar&e abot +hat they thin( is better bt it*s 6st their

o+n o'inions,

The E%%ects o% Msic

Accor!in& to 7ath 7ata(tan) msic can control hman li%e, It can ma(e yo %eel love!

an! in love) smile or even sob, 8t it*s not all abot the son&) tne or &enre) it*s all abot the

'erson yo thin( o% +henever yo hear a son&,

5ositive attit!e is one o% the most im'ortant characteristics that anyone can ac9ire %rom

somethin&, Unlc(ily) the msic in!stry has also ha! ne&ative im'act 'on the attit!es o%

millions o% its listeners, This ran&e %rom a teen*s attit!e to+ar!s li%e) li%e &oals) e!cation) sel%

esteem or sel%a+areness) res'ect %or others es'ecially %or their 'arents) an! havin& res'ect %or

athority, This isse creates a ma6or 'roblem %or society becase the teen +ho listens to msic

that contains violent lyrics +ill o%ten &o ot into society an! attem't to i!oli;e the msic an! the

artists, Un%ortnately) many teens !o not n!erstan! that many o% the artists !on*t actally live

the li%estyles that they sin& abot,

Millions o% teens are heavily in%lence! by the msic in!stry, This can either by

'ositive in%lence an! or by ne&ative in%lence, The msic in!stry has the 'otential to in%lence

a teen*s attit!e) behavior) sel% esteem) ty'es o% clothin&) ty'es o% %rien!s) an! res'ect or lac( o%

res'ect %or their 'arents an! athority %i&res,


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5ositive E%%ects o% Msic

For Mental


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7ath 7ata(tan) a thir! year st!ent) ma6orin& in MA5E state! that msic can ma(e a

'erson %eel rela=e! +henever one is tire! o% anythin&, Moreover) she e='lain %rther !rin& the

intervie+ that she has a %rien! +ho listens to msic +henever he*s revie+in& %or an e=am,


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abot a cltre) rather than sim'ly rea!in& a te=tboo(, This is the reason +hy lessons %or (i!s are

trans%orme! into son&s to avoi! monotony,

Msic as a $ay o% Mani%estation o% Ones* Emotion

It is tre that bein& a teena&er can be a ro&h time emotionally) as bo!y &oes thro&h a

lot o% chan&e, Msic can be es'ecially meanin&%l to teena&ers, It is an emotional art %orm

coverin& every ty'e o% emotions) incl!in& ha''iness) an&er) sa!ness) re&ret) an=iosness %or

them, I% they*re able to %in! a son& that %its their emotion) they can %eel com%ort as i% a %rien! is

+ith them an! +ol! %eel that they*re not alone in their emotions, As msic as a +ay to e='ress

emotions) many teena&ers mi&ht try to ma(e their o+n msic +hich can create healthy emotional

e='ression,

Msic as a $ay o% 8rin&in& 5eo'le To&ether

Sharin& the same interests an! !isli(es col! brin& 'eo'le to&ether as msic tastes an!

interests) es'ecially teena&ers, ?earnin& another teena&er li(es the same style o% msic or ban!

can be an easy +ay o% t+o teens to share a connection an! be&in a %rien!shi' or somethin& even

more, As +ell) msic is o%ten en6oye! in 'blic) at concerts an! !ance clbs alrea!y share a

common interest) that 'articlar ban! or msic style) so a connection can be easily ma!e, As

teena&ers sometimes %eel isolate! or li(e otcasts) msic can hel' a sense o% commnity,

Ne&ative E%%ects o% Msic


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Msic) it is (no+n to be one o% the most in%lential tools in the society to!ay, It has the

'o+er to in%lence teens in many +ays, 4a') heavy metal an! roc( are some 'o'lar &enres that

are (no+n to a%%ect teens the most,

As the 'o'larity o% these msic contines to &ro+) teens ris(s o% becomin& violent)

sici!al or se=ally active &ro+s +ith it, Since msic is all thro&hot the me!ia) there is no +ay

%or teens to esca'e the in%lence it &ives on them,

Msic has al+ays been se! in the society to chan&e social behavior, Brin& the 3*s a

lot o% the son&s containe! lyrics a&ainst racial in6stice an! anti+ar +hich trie! to chan&e the

moo! o% the violent 3*s, As time 'ro&resse! an! ne+ artists +ere intro!ce!) the messa&e

chan&e %rom %i&htin& to casin& harm in or society, No+) some msic not only chan&es moo!s

bt is s&&estive, Many teens become e='erimental +ith !r&s) se=) alcohol an! violence !e to

the msic they listen to,

Many times) 'eo'le hear ne+s re'orts abot teens that have %allen victim to the ne&ative

in%lences o% msic in!stry, Msic in!stry has a tremen!os an! 'ro%on! e%%ect 'on the lives

o% millions o% teens, It is also im'ortant to note that msic in!stry im'acts a &reater 'ercenta&e

o% a teen*s li%estyle than anythin& else, This incl!es everythin& %rom the ty'e o% clothin&

teena&ers +ear) to ho+ they +ear their clothin&) the ty'es o% %rien!s they choose) 'eer 'ressre)

the ty'es o% msic they listen to) an! even their attit!es abot li%e an! their attit!es to+ar!s

others,

Colmbine Shootin& -0DDD1

Msic has been 'in'ointe! to several !i%%erent isses occrrin& in the society, One

inci!ent that has been blame! on msic is the Colmbine shootin& in 0DDD, In this inci!ent t+o


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(i!s came to a hi&h school in ?ittleton Colora!o an! (ille! 02 st!ents) teachers) an! seriosly

in6re! several others, Shortly a%ter they trne! the &ns on themselves an! committe! sici!e,

A%ter the investi&ation o% this act) it became (no+le!&eable to the +orl! that these t+o troble

teena&ers +ere stron& listeners to heavy metal an! Goth msic, They +ere also (no+n to be %ans

o% Marilyn Manson, Marilyn Manson believes that he ha! no in%lence to +hat these t+o

teena&ers !i! bt the me!ia %elt other+ise,

Teen 5o' “5o'lar Msic"

Teen 'o' is a sb&enre oriente! to teen a!iences an! almost al+ays ma!e by teens, The

&enre has chan&e! a lot thro&h !eca!es) bt there are common elements li(e the sim'licity o%

the son&s) re'etitive chorses) or teenoriente! lyrics, The &enre is oriente! to the mar(et +ith

h&e mar(etin& com'anies %ollo+in& the artists) +ith many o% them involve! in other sectors li(e

ma&a;ines) ra!io 'ro&rams) T series or %ilms,

?istenin& to 'o'lar msic is consi!ere! by the society to be a 'art o% &ro+in& ', Msic

serves a +ay to relieve tension or bore!om, It 'rovi!es entertainment an! hel's to eliminate

'roblems, Accor!in& to some st!ies) teena&ers se msic in their 'rocess o% sel%in%ormation)

ant their choice o% msic tells +hat (in! o% i!entity they 'ossess,

Some athors have s&&este! that 'o'lar msic 'rovi!es a!olescents +ith the means to

resolve nconscios con%licts relate! to their 'articlar !evelo'ment sta&e an! that their msic

're%erence mi&ht re%lect the level o% trmoil -violent !istrbance1 o% this sta&e, The teens*

're%erence o% msic an! the reaction they &ive to it vary +ith a&e) cltre) se=) an! ethnicity,


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Male a!olescents se msic as ener&y boosters an! as a moo! stimlant +hile %emale

a!olescents se msic to re%lect their emotional state) in 'articlar +hen %eelin& lonely or !o+n,


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msic has on chil!ren*s an! a!olescents* behavior an! emotions is o% 'aramont

concern,-“American Aca!emy o% 5e!iatrics)" 233D1

A!olescents are not the only yon& consmers o% 'o'lar msic, Not re&ar!in& to the

a&es o% the listeners) msic is believe! that it contribte to the chan&es o% behavior an! emotions

o% the active listeners,

Im'act o% 5o'lar Msic

E%%ects o% ?yrics

?yrics o% certain &enres) li(e roc() heavy metal) ra' an! some ne+ comin& &enres

sch as re&&ae ton have become more e='licit in their re%erences to !r&s) se=) an! violence

over the years,

A content analysis o% the to' 03 CBs 'er%orme! by the National Institte on

Me!ia in 0DDD reveale! that each o% these CBs incl!e! at least 0 son& +ith

se=al content, Fortyt+o 'ercent o% the son&s on these CBs containe! verye='licit se=al content, Some ra' msic) ses e='licit se=al lan&a&e in its lyrics

also messa&es o% violence an! hatre! to+ar! +omen, Br&s) tobacco) an! alcohol

also ten! to be &lori%ie! in these son&s,-“American Aca!emy 5e!iatrics)" 233D1

Some have ar&e! abot the e%%ects o% lyrics to the chil!ren an! a!olescents, Some say

that teena&ers se msic only %or entertainment) that there*s nee! not to &ive attention abot the

+or!s se! in the son&) an! i% any attention is &iven) n!erstan!in& ten!s to be limite! an!

relate! to the e='eriences live! by the listener,


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the lyrics, Frthermore) 7nobloch $ester+ic( have state! that altho&h yon& listeners mi&ht

not n!erstan! all the !etails in lyrics) they reco∋e eno&h to obtain a &eneral i!ea o% the

messa&e they brin&,

E%%ects o% Msic i!eos

4esearch relate! to msic an! its e%%ects on chil!ren an! a!olescents has been e='an!e!

into another e='ression o% 'o'lar msic: the music video, Msic vi!eos are a''ealin& to

chil!ren an! a!olescents, Consi!erin& that msic vi!eos are attractive to yoth) it is im'ortant to

st!y their e%%ects on a yon& a!ience an! to be concerne! abot the messa&es these msic

vi!eos 'romote,

T+o 7in!s o% Msic i!eo:

• 5er%ormance i!eo J It is an artist or a &ro' %ilme! !rin& a 'er%ormance) sally

!rin& a concert,

• Conce't i!eo J Tell the vie+ers a story abot the son&, This story may sometimes

a!! content to the lyrics an! 'rovi!e a 'articlar inter'retation that is rein%orce!

every time the vie+er hears the son&,

As +ith 'o'lar msic) the 'erce'tion an! the e%%ect o% msic vi!eo messa&es on chil!ren

an! a!olescents is relate! to the a&e an! !evelo'mental sta&e o% the vie+er) as +ell as the level

o% e='osre,

4esearch on msic vi!eos has been %ocse! mainly on content analyses,


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An analysis o% 0/ msic vi!eos on @ television net+or(s -MT)


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msical artists %or ces on ho+ to co'e +ith certain li%e isses in their lives) they +ill be&in to

emlate the %eelin&s an! moo!s they*re seein& on a sta&e or hearin& on their i5o!s,

It is nnecessary to blame the teens* msic icons %or their actions, $hile some msic

artists may have a ne&ative e%%ect on a teen*s behavior) they are not !irectly res'onsible %or that

behavior) accor!in& to license! 'sycholo&ist Br, Gail Gross) nationally reco∋e! %amily an!

chil! !evelo'ment e='ert, Moore recommen!s settin& bon!aries on the artists that yo %eel are

ina''ro'riate +hile loo(in& at the chil!*s msical in%lences as a +ay o% better n!erstan!in&

+ho he is an! +hat he is crrently e='eriencin& in his li%e,

International 5o'lar Artists

To!ay +e have international %amos artists +hom teena&ers i!oli;e an! emlate, One o%

them is a Fili'ina) Charice 5em'en&co,

L5eter Gene


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S+i%ts e'onymos !ebt albm in 233 establishe! her as a contry msic star, Or Son&) her

thir! sin&le) ma!e her the yon&est 'erson to sin&lehan!e!ly +rite an! 'er%orm a nmber one

son& on thecontry chart, She receive! a 8est Ne+ Artist nomination at the 233/ Grammy

A+ar!s,

LSte%ani oanne An&elina Germanotta) better (no+n by her sta&e name ?a!y Ga&a) is an

American 'o'sin&er) son&+riter) activist) recor! 'ro!cer) bsiness+oman) %ashion !esi&ner)

'hilanthro'ist) an! actress, 8orn an! raise! in Ne+ Yor( City) +here she lives) Ga&a 'rimarily

st!ie! at the Convent o% the Sacre! Charice* in

2303, The albm entere! the 8illboar! 233 at nmberei&ht) ma(in& Charice the %irst Asian solo

sin&er in history to lan! in the To' 03 o% the 8illboar! 233 albms chart, st months a&o) she

annonce! that she is a certi%ie! lesbian,

5inoy 5o'lar Artists

$e have also here in the 5hili''ines +hom Fili'ino teena&ers* loo( ' to,

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taylor_Swift_(album)http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Our_Song_(Taylor_Swift_song)http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hot_Country_Songshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Best_New_Artisthttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2008_Grammy_Awardshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2008_Grammy_Awardshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2008_Grammy_Awardshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2008_Grammy_Awardshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_Cityhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_Cityhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Convent_of_the_Sacred_Heart_(New_York)http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_Universityhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_Universityhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tisch_School_of_the_Artshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tisch_School_of_the_Artshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manhattanhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manhattanhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lower_East_Sidehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vincent_Herberthttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interscope_Recordshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interscope_Recordshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akonhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kon_Live_Distributionhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kon_Live_Distributionhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kon_Live_Distributionhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mononymhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Filipino_peoplehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Filipino_peoplehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/YouTubehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oprah_Winfreyhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oprah_Winfreyhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Studio_albumhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Studio_albumhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charice_(album)http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billboard_200http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billboard_200http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asian_peoplehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taylor_Swift_(album)http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Our_Song_(Taylor_Swift_song)http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hot_Country_Songshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Best_New_Artisthttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2008_Grammy_Awardshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2008_Grammy_Awardshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_Cityhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Convent_of_the_Sacred_Heart_(New_York)http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_Universityhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tisch_School_of_the_Artshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tisch_School_of_the_Artshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manhattanhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lower_East_Sidehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vincent_Herberthttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interscope_Recordshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akonhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kon_Live_Distributionhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mononymhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Filipino_peoplehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/YouTubehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oprah_Winfreyhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Studio_albumhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charice_(album)http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billboard_200http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asian_people


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Lose'hine Yen& Constantino) a Fili'ina 'o'roc( sin&er an! host, She +on as Gran!

Star Breamer o% 5inoy Bream Aca!emy) the 5hili''ine e!ition o% En!emols reality T

sho+ Star Aca!emy, One o% her son&s is Chinito +hich is al+ays bein& hear! on the ra!io all the

time,

LSarah Geronimo) a Fili'ino recor!in& artist) son&+riter) 'ro!cer an! actress, 8orn an!

raise! in Sam'aloc) Manila) she rose to %ame a%ter +innin& the Star %or a Ni&ht sin&in&

com'etition in 233P,


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their msic icons, Moreover) thro&h msic) it is 'ossible to %i&re ot +hat is ha''enin& to a

chil! an! col! &ive a relevant reason %or his behaviors,

It !e'en!s only to the 'erson +ho listens to a certain (in! o% msic i% he n!erstan!s the

!i%%erence bet+een the reality an! the lyrics +ithin the son&, Frthermore) teena&ers shol! be

ta&ht the !i%%erence bet+een reality an! the messa&es im'arte! by the msic,

Everyone (no+s the im'ortance o% msic, Since this is no+ a mo!ern +orl!) thro&h the

se o% technolo&y) one col! (no+ an! listen to the msic he +ants to listen to in an instant even

tho&h the msic is %rom another contry, 8ecase o% technolo&y) +estern +orl! in%lence s a

lot) the +ay they thin() the +ay they !ress' an! the themes o% msic they !o are imitate! by

s,


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