Facts on MTV

Interesting quotes from a site from the internet. Some of these facts, if true seem very worrying. Feedback on your thought when reading would be useful.

The Effects

* According to some research even modest viewing of MTV and other music videos results in significant exposure to glamorized depictions of alcohol and tobacco use, alcohol use linked with sexuality, and violence and weapons.
* When lyrics are acted out in a story telling music video, their impact is enhanced.
* Music videos appear to contribute to teens' desensitization to violence.
* The use of violence by music video stars makes it normal and more acceptable.
* At least two experiments show that watching MTV results in more permissive attitudes about sex. One of these (Calfin, Carroll, & Schmidt, 1993) found that college students who were assigned to watch MTV developed more liberal attitudes toward premarital sex than their peers who did not watch MTV as part of the study. In the second (Greeson & Williams, 1986) found that seventh and ninth graders were more likely to approve of premarital sex after watching MTV for less than one hour.

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