The study showed that violent songs led to more aggressive thoughts in three different measures: More aggressive interpretations when looking at ambiguous words, an increased speed with which people read aggressive compared to non-aggressive words and a greater proportion of people completing aggressive words when filling in blanks on forms given to them during the study.
One way to put these findings, say the authors, is that participants who listened to violent rock songs then interpret the meaning of ambiguous words such as "rock" and "stick" in an aggressive way.
The study adds that the outcomes of hostile thoughts could be short-lived. If the next song's lyrics are nonviolent or if some other nonviolent event occurs, the effects of violent lyrics will dissipate, states the paper.
Meanwhile, other types of music been been used in attempts to prevent crime, according to musicologist Lily E. Hirsch wrote about how classical music was used to deter loitering in her hometown of Santa Rosa, California.
In , she wrote, city leaders decided to play classical music to clear young people from the city's Old Courthouse Square. Many teens didn't enjoy the music, according to Hirsch, and left the area, which encouraged the city to keep the background music playing. The effectiveness of music as a crime prevention measure has to do with sound's construction of who we are but also with who we are not, wrote Hirsch, a visiting scholar at California State University, Bakersfield.
We often identify with music based on who we think we are, Hirsch told CNN in an email. In this situation, people identify themselves in the negative -- namely, who they are not -- through certain music, Hirsch explained.
People are still surprised by this usage of music, she added. But music has "always been used in a variety of ways, positive and negative," Hirsch said. Music can make us feel all sorts of emotions, some of which are negative, added Laurel Trainor, professor of psychology, neuroscience and behavior and director of the McMaster Institute for music and the mind. It can "bring people together and fuel these social bonds," this can be positive as well as negative, according to her.
For example, as far back as we have records, music has been used in war, explained Trainor, because it brought people together socially. Music has power over our feelings. No other species has evolved in such a way to ascribe meaning and create emotional responses to music as humans, she added.
Power over feelings. Everyone can relate to the experience of listening to a melancholic playlist and then not being able to escape the mood. But, according to research, even how we perceive the world around us can be influenced by music. Researchers at the University of Groningen showed in an experiment that listening to sad or happy music can not only put people in a different mood, but also change what people notice.
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Newest Articles Alert. News Latest News Archive. Close Modal. This site uses cookies. Music is a powerful medium. While that power can be beneficial, it can also have a harmful influence. An article in the American Academy of Pediatrics offers some general insights into how music, lyrics and videos affect our youth.
We have also learned that their choice of music, reactions to it and interpretation of it depends on their age, culture and ethnicity. For example, one study found that female youth are more likely than male youth to use music to reflect their emotional state e.
Male youth are more likely to use music in a stimulating way e. While some argue that youth listen to music mostly for its entertainment value and pay little attention to the words, one study found that almost 1 in 5 male youth, and 1 in 4 female youth like their favourite songs because of the lyrics.
Other studies have found that the more importance youth place on a type of music, the more they pay attention to the lyrics.
One group of researchers indicated that although younger listeners may not understand all the lyrics, they can grasp the general message it offers.
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