English 112

Have you ever gone anywhere and not heard music somewhere?  You hear music on the radio in your car, in the grocery store, or sometimes even in the workplace.  Music is everywhere and most people are exposed to it almost everyday.  But have you ever wondered if music influences people to do certain things?  The media has reported that music lyrics can influence youth listeners to do bad things.  However, there is scientific evidence that music which contains lyrics that depict violence may influence young listeners to perform acts of violence or have increased aggression.  Even more specifically, studies have shown that rap music is the genre of music that influences the most aggressions in young listeners.  

 There seem to a couple of possible reasons why certain types of music influences young listeners to do certain things.  One reason is that many youth idol these music artists and believe that anything they do or say is what they should do.  Another plausible reason of how music influences certain youth is because of the fact that young people are exposed to music quite often.  Therefore, if they are hearing the same themes and violent lyrics over and over again, it will have some sort of impact on the child. 

Overall, it is a fact that violence depicted in music does have some influence over the young listener.  After knowing this fact, music artists should be more careful about what they depict in their lyrics to ensure that they do influence children in any way. 

How this helps with essay three:

Writing this editorial helps us with essay three because it allows us to write out our main ideas and what are paper will primarily be about.  It serves almost as a pre-writing strategy that helps us organize our thoughts.