“Do you think music videos should be censored?”

“Do you think music videos should be censored?”

I think that music videos should be censored this is because its sill using bad language and is unethical and can be harmful. Without censoring songs, you're allowing teenagers today to believe these words (swearing) in songs are cool and possibly better lived out in reality than without these songs. As the censorship has the right to stop a song or a video from being broadcasted on television and radio. For example I think it was right for Rihanna’s we found love music video to get banded as it was a bad influence to the audience but not any audience as Rihanna’s songs generally target audience between the age of 13-27 it wouldn’t be right for the audience between the ages of 13-17 to see it as it has smoking, drinking- pills, drugs, sex, positioning and crime.

A detailed example why music videos should be censored is Rihanna’s music video of we found love as the music video has met with mixed reviews from music critics as the video included stuff like smoking, drinking- pills, drugs, sex, positioning and crime.  The point of the music video is to allegedly show how love can be like a drug, and does so using images driven by sex and drugs as Rihanna goes through the motions with Chris Brown but she showed it in a wrong way as MTV didn’t except it. So the MTV music channel offered Rihanna to except the video but to show it after watershed as it wasn’t appropriate for young target audience to view it and the other choice was for her to change the video to be properly targeted to her audience which is teenagers and young adults. For example let say MTV accepted the music video but it could still get banded if Ofcom steps in the way Ofcom is an independent organisation created by the government so it can control what is being broadcasted on TV and Radio so basically it stipulates what can and what can’t be shown. 

The debate of the music artist Eminem showed me some music videos should be censored as Eminem uses to much swearing throughout them hear is an opinion of a parent that is against Eminem “Eminem is a bad role model as he uses swearing throughout his song I know that he does this so he can express himself all do it is making children’s grammar bad”. Another Point a parent said is “Everyone had ups and downs and I think people don’t want to listen to his life story and he is trying to use this so he can make the audience feel sad and sorry for him”. Here is what the British music television channel said “Eminem has amazing songs but he doesn’t need swearing to express his feelings”. The British radio station said “ I wouldn’t play Eminem’s music on choice FM as he uses to much swearing this is mainly because the target audience of choice is young teenagers and young adults between the ages 13-27”. Finally the record label finished of the debate by saying “Rap culture can be a bad influence to the audience and kids are quickly influenced by gangs, violence and swearing.

Overall I think that music videos should and not be censored it should not be censored because without the proper lyrics it wouldn’t be the same however, that the packaging should have labelling more like that of the video game industry. On video games there is a rating system that describes what age that title is appropriate for and specific reasons why. But on the other hand it should as it is using bad language is still unethical and can be harmful. Without censoring songs, you're allowing the youth of today to believe these words or songs are cool and possibly better lived out in reality than without these songs. That continues over to the next generation that might result in worse possibilities.