Communication error Part 2: effects of music amongst the youth in society

Loss of hearing, change in behaviour and rebel’s could be just a few symptoms of adolescents but what would happen if music turned into a weapon which caused not  only positivistic behaviour but an uncontrollable force of violent behaviour and attitudes in the youth. One might ask them of how music can change a person but many might tell you that music might stimulate brain function and cause a person (especially a teenager) to react in a certain way. When a certain type of musician with a powerful brand image engages in doing drugs their fans might want to experiment with narcotics at a later stage as music is said to have long term effects on an individual.http://voxjuvenis.wordpress.com/2011/07/12/the-effects-of-negative-music-on-today%E2%80%99s-youth/

(a teenage boy smoking a cigarette, what could be the cause. image source: teens.drugabuse.com)

Music and behaviour (http://www.psychology.iastate.edu/~dgentile/106027_08.pdf)

When someone takes drugs they react, when a pop star gets arrested for drunk driving there could be a butterfly effect across the public which could cause reckless driving and drinking under the influence of alcohol. But we can not blame music for those incidences we can only look at the artist that took part in stimulating that kind of behaviour. In the modern world artists are now looking for ways to stand out in the public, so they opt for creating a different image amongst themselves so that they can stand out from the rest. There is no question that an artist will grab the audience attention if he/she does something out of the norm. Artists create brand images which depict a certain lifestyle or mood for people to identify them in an instant. The context is taken to far when the youth try to apply those behavioural norms to their lifestyles (which sometimes ends up badly) in an effort to aim for superstardom.

(a depiction of how music can influence an emotion.image source: medicalobserver.com.au)

Miscommunication

The media sometimes misinterprets what celebrities mean when they do something. If a musician is seen doing drugs in the music video with half naked woman dancing around the room it does not relatively mean that with drugs and alcohol, comes with women. What the youth still don’t understand is that the media reports from their point of view and that what is being said does not mean it’s true because image building is still a big part of the picture in the music industry today.