What the Ears of the Adolescence Hear

Essay 3 option 4/14/02 What the Ears of the Adolescent Hear Pop culture expert Michael Paretti once said that “people are influenced by the media in the way they dress, talk, relate, spend their money, define social problems, identify with prominent but insignificant personalities and in the kinds of ideological images they embrace.” But the term “media” is broad, is he talking about television, radio or movies. Media includes all these sections but music is its largest …

…gatherings. Music styles define the crowds and cliques they run in. Music personalities provide models for how they act and dress” The adolescent may grow up and the artist, trends and genres of music may change, but never will the mentality of the mind that adorns so closely to music and how the influence of music will be the greatest factor in the development of the youth will never change. Music is never “just music”