3rd blog post

My first article is, "Does music and lyrical content influence human behavior?" written by Kevin C. Liljequist.

http://www.positivemusicassociation.com/resources/article_lijequist1.htm

When I was reading this article I immediately noticed that it is a full credited source. This cite is packed with alot of useful information that has a ton of references in it. Also, there are alot of dates and different examples of songs in particular where the youth has been affected by the lyrical content.

This source will be very helpful in response of my topic question because it provides the essay with alot of different unique ideas. Also alot of sources I have found only talk about rap/hip hop music because the writers feel that rap is the only music that really hits the youth negatively. However in this source the author mentions artists like Marilyn Manson. The audience I think will really enjoy this source being put in my essay because it hits on alot of topics relating to my question.

My second article is, "Does rap put teens at risk?"
By :Sid Kirchheimer
WebMD Health News
http://www.webmd.com/baby/news/20030303/does-rap-put-teens-at-risk

This article is a great example of a highly credited source, This source is published by web MD which is a very famous publishing company. One reason why I know that it is credible besides the publisher is that the author  gave credit to the source that he quoted from. Alot of authors don't even cite their sources so this is very important from the start.

This source will be used very well towards my essay because it provides the article with real life scenarios and surveys. In the article the author got information of a survey interviewing a bunch of black youth. He picked up that there has been alot of negative feedback in their lives that occurred from just listening to modern music a couple of hours a day three times a week. Real life scenarios are always good to include in research papers because it breaks up the essay.

1st post

My topic for this blog assignment is about the influence of Rap/Hip Hop Music on Youth. I'm picking this topic because I think it will be very interesting to research and I will learn alot about it that I don't already know. There are a couple thing that I already know about the topic. I know that alot of today's music is filled with explicit content including curse words, sex, drugs, women, and violence. This information can corrupt a youth's mind and life. I hope to learn the age group that is most affected by this music. Also I would find out the percent of youth listen to today's music, the artists who have a bad influence on the youth, percent of youth who change their personality due to today's music and much more. This topic pretty much relates to most people from parents to anyone.