The Music Industry and Teen Violence :: Music Media Youth Violence

The Music Industry and Teen Violence Should we blame the industry or shouldn’t we? This compare and contrast essay, the two sides of these two article is that one states the music industry is at fault for the way today’s teens are acting written by a writer from the Arizona Daily Star, by the name of Jim Patten and the other article states that the music industry isn’t at fault for the way today’s youth is acting and this article was written by a 17yr. old student named Daniel Marcha. Both of these articles have a good argument, Patten’s is good because he’s a pro at getting his point across in his writing, plus his support is also good, he’s not just saying that the media is at fault completely but that they should take some blame for what is going on in society with our teens. The Marcha argument is coming straight from the mind of a teenager which is letting us know how some teens are thinking about the subject of society putting blame on what they watch and listen t o for their actions. Daniel Marcha, â€Å"Teens enjoy these media offerings because they provide an outlet to relieve stress that occurs during daily life.† He’s saying that instead of us taking the media, as an example of we (teens) should act we are using the media, as way for us to get escape our aggression. So teenagers in today’s society are taking in the bad media and putting it to good use. Is it right for the government to look at the actions of some kids who decided to shoot up their school or a kid kills himself while listening to his favorite song and say that the music and tv we watch needs to be censored? No we all are responsible for our own actions. Now on the other hand we have Jim Patten a man in the media is saying that the media isn’t completely at fault but that it should take some responsibility for the actions of teens. Patten fires saying that there is too much violence being put out on the media and that isn’t necessarily making our teens act the way they do but it is affecting them. All Patten is saying is that we should really clean it up and accept some of the responsibility.