Introduction

In Communications 111 at the University of Michigan, students are assigned a topic to research, summarize and about which, create an informational blog. This blog, as a part of that class, will be addressing the specific topic of violence in today's music and its effects on teenagers and youth in America.  Through the analysis of a variety of sources, this particular blog will answer a posed research question: how exactly are violent lyrics and themes affecting the youth that listen to them? It will discuss different scientific findings and studies conducted regarding this topic and attempt to synthesize all of them seamlessly into a coherent and comprehensive set of information.