Blog #4- Does Music Affect Kids?

http://behavioural-psychology.suite101.com/article.cfm/is_music_for_more_than_your_ears

Summary:
A lot of the times that a teenager does something bad, the media likes to blame the music that they listen to as the influence for their actions. The two music genres that are targeted the most are rap and hard-rock/heavy metal. One of the most famous incidents where music was said to be the cause of a crime was in 1999, the Columbine High School shooting, where two adolescent(pg.80) high-schoolers took guns to school and started shooting and killing people. When the media is looking for the reason of why someone would do something so bad, they start to rationalize(pg.94) and look for something that they can easily blame. Music can affect kids, but it is rare when music affects them to the point where they go on a killing spree, because there are millions of people who listen to rock and rap who don't do anything bad.

Detail:
-The media sometimes blames rap and heavy metal rock when a teenager goes wild
-There were 12 students and teachers who died and 24 other students and faculty who had astringent(pg.59) injuries.
-The type of music that a teenager listens to does not define them