The World of Music Videos

Today was music video day in class. Though I was looking forward to this after being told on Tuesday of what was to come, I soon felt ambiguity after class on how the class viewing and discussion went down. I don't know if I just get offended easily or what, but some of the comments that were made in class made me cringe with anger. I'm trying to stay open minded and accepts others views, but I felt like some were just so off the wall it was hard. I feel like what came out from our discussion was because we were literally analyzing part by part. I feel like if I were just to watch the same videos alone, I may have not developed the same conclusions as I/we did in class. Someone said that videos are promoting drinking and driving, but I never thought of that as a possibility until someone brought it up. I just can't fathom the thought of a responsible, mature, cognitively developed person watching a video and saying, "Gee that's so cool, let me go put someone's life at risk" but I guess that's supposedly what "they" are preying, the immature and weak minded. 

I decided to further look into this topic and I found an article that may interest others as well... I have provided the link below...


The Negative Effect of Music Videos