Media & Society-Week 9
TOPIC 1: MUSIC'S INFLUENCE - 1. Describe an instance in which you or others may have tried to "protect" someone from music's "corrupting influences," or a time when something you listened to "crossed the line" or raised the eyebrows of others. I honestly can’t say I myself or those around me have ever tried to “protect” someone from inappropriate or “corrupting” music. My family has always had wide-ranging musical tastes and I was brought up in that environment (in fact, my parents discovered the best way to get me to sleep when I was a baby was to put me in my carseat and play the Butthole Surfers-to this day, I frequently listen to music to help me fall asleep and it’s frequently rock or techno, not what you’d think of as calming tunes). Sure, Raffi and other “kid’s music” was in rotation, but so was a lot of punk, experimental, rap and other kinds of music, including some which some people would view as “corrupting.” I’ve always h