Eps 5: Psychological violence in music industry
— Sexism in the Music Tech Industry
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Ken Chavez
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Music has a unique influence on the human psyche due to its connection to emotional processes. Studies suggest that music can have an impact on emotions depending on the genre.
It is likely that rap groups classify themselves as more aggressive because they can activate similar areas of the brain that control emotional linguistic processes.
Aggressive music leads us to accept verbal aggression, a form of emotional aggression. We conducted a study to determine the influence of music on aggression through relaxing yoga music. Those who listened to YogaMusic were expected to show less aggression, while those who listened to rap music showed higher aggression and vice versa.
Our results showed that listeners to aggressive rap music performed significantly better in all dimensions of verbal aggression. Our results suggest that aggressive music can make listeners more emotionally aggressive than other music genres.
With this goal in mind, the aim of the current study was to determine whether yoga music and aggressive rap music, which is just as relaxed and increases aggression as violent music, are used. At first we suspected that the yoga music group would have a lower level of aggression due to the use of yoga as an alternative to aggressive music. The second hypothesis was that violent music would increase aggression among listeners, in part due to its use as a means of relaxation.
One way to describe this outcome, the authors say, is that participants who listened to violent rock songs were then aggressively interpreted. Listening to violent songs felt more aggressive than listening to nonviolent songs by the same artist or style. In summary, those who listen to yoga music are expected to be less aggressive overall, those who listen to rap music are expected to be more aggressive, and those of us who do not listen to the music are expected to fall under the median.
The study also included songs with humorous lyrics to see how humor interacted with violent lyrics and aggressive thoughts, adding that the result of hostile thoughts could be short - vivid. Violent songs, according to the authors, increased the feeling of hostility due to provocation and threat, but this effect did not affect the artist.
Aggressive thoughts also affected and colored the perception of ongoing social interactions, the study authors said.
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While the music industry wants listeners to believe that these lyrics have no impact on social norms, Taylor Swift and a host of pundits are singing a different tune. After Kanye West's sexualized lyrics brought her fame, a media controversy erupted. This raised questions about the impact of perpetuating texts on the mental health of people with mental illness and their families.
For years it has been discussed that the lyrics you hear in popular music have become measurably more violent and sexual. The results show that adding violent texts to a group leads to a significant increase in the number of mental health problems in that group.
Violent texts play an important role in encouraging aggressive behaviour among participants. Studies suggest that language that represents anger and hostility increases the risk of mental health problems in young people.