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Does the music industry have an ethical obligation to society to not promote songs about drugs and crime?
I'm just checking to see what people think about this.
Do you think that the media (music industry included) has an obligation to society, to the youth, to not endorse or promote music about extreme violence and drug abuse (or references)?
The youth are pretty influenced by pop culture.
And you have to admit some songs out there have pretty bad messages to the kids.
Do you think there is an ethical issue here? Should the media (radio, MTV, labels) have an ethical obligation to keep positivity in the music realm?
What do you think?
5 Answers
- Anonymous1 decade agoFavorite Answer
No.
- 1 decade ago
Yes, I do believe that that music industry has the ethical obligation to not promote songs about drugs and crime. People don't always listen to the lyrics of what music is being played, but they are still being influenced unconsciously by the lyrics, and themes.
- Anonymous1 decade ago
unfortunately that IS the "music" industry. I mean, rock and roll was just as rebellious then as rap is now, we pulled through. honestly, at some point somebody's got to mature up and say hey, this isn't right, and half of these stories are fake anyway.
- ?Lv 61 decade ago
they have no obligations to society. the record companies only care about making money period.
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- 1 decade ago
nope let them sing about watever they want n let the youth take their songs however the hell they want to
