Freedom's Curse

An article that I found which had a relationship to the “Freedom’s Curse” article is called “Rebellion in the Top Music Charts: Defiant Messages in Rap/Hip-hop and Rock Music 1993 and 2003”. This article is about how rap and and rock songs with rebellious messages are now the majority of songs on the top charts. These types of songs, which have messages about impulsiveness, are more common now-a-days than before.

The article “Freedom’s Curse” discusses swearing on television and radio. They discuss whether or not it is right to expose young children to this kind of language. The author brings up the point that it depends how a curse word is used in the sentence. If a curse word is used as an adjective, and not in an offensive context, then it is not as bad. Parents have the control over their kids to decide whether or not they want their child listening to certain things.

These two articles are related because they both have to do with inappropriate language, and messages in the media. It seems as though there is a trend developing where bad language and messages are becoming more popular to be said on television, radio and in songs. The question is, do people find inappropriate songs, television shows and radio talk shows more entertaining than others? This is not a good trend because kids will be influenced in bad ways if this trend keeps occurring.  

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