1. Music
Censor ship
Why censoring music is not an effective method of
protection from media

2. Problem in all genres of
music
PMRC and labeling

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It is the process of changing or banning
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music against the wishes of the creator
or the intended audience.
Can be bleeping, skipping, or distorting
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certain words.
Most often thought of as the complete
banning of a song or artist.

4. su pp f or
or t Disagreement with the
message.
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Use of profanity or
obscene language.
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Protecting children

5. Individuals exposed to a
mass media message
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Effe c will expect the
communication to have a
greater effect on others
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than on themselves.
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We’re smarter than
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everyone else so we
have to protect them.
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6. When compared to other
social influences, music
has little effect on an
es individual’s character.
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The role of family and
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peer influence is much
greater than explicit lyrics
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play.
Music does not cause a
good person to “go bad.”

7. i on Correlation DOES NOT
tio n prove causation.
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Rap music ≠ gang
participation
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Heavy metal ≠ suicide.

8. Family is the largest social
influence.
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“Train up a child in the way
he should go and when he is
Fam
old, he will not depart from
it.” –Proverbs 22:6

9. Protecting children
should not begin with
silencing the artist, but
with teaching them
right from wrong.

10. Music is art

11. Individuals have the
right to choose what they
listen to.
Parents of younger
children should use the
explicit content label as
a warning device.

12. Public censorship IS NOT
an effective method of
protecting an audience
from a message some may
believe is harmful.