Results of my Survey about Music Censorship

Thank you for helping me finished the survey, I got a lot of useful information and a lot of interesting thing which I should do a further research from this survey.
At the last of my survey I promised you to post the results of my survey on my blog, so here it is.
Again, Thank you very much!!!


9 questions
20 people answered

1. Do you agree that music with obscene lyrics should be censored before it appears on TV? 

Yes 57.9%

No  26.3%

Not sure 15.8%

FOR THE PEOPLE WHOSE ANSWER IS YES IN Q1

 1.which kind of music do your think should be censored?

Rap  54.5%   Punk 45.5%   Rock 45.5%

 2. To what extent do you think that music should be censored? from  level 1(allow some obscenities) to 5(don't allow any obscenities at all)

1. 27.3% 2. 36.4%  3.   9.1%  4 .  27.3%  5.  0.0%

3. please tell me what you worry about if non-censored music is broadcast?

 bad influence in teenage.

FOR THE PEOPLE WHO ANSWERED "NO" IN QUESTION 1

1.are you a fan of rock or rap music?

 Rock music fan 62.5%

 Rap music fan 25.0%

 not a fan of either  12.5%

2.why do you think music shouldn't be censored

  free expression

FOR ALL

If you were father/ mother , would you worry that your chlid will be influenced by music with obscene lyrics?

Yes  45.5%

No   54.5%

 Do you think that listening to rap or rock music have any connection to act of violence in the real world? 

 not at all 7.1%

may be a little bit 78.6%

yes, I think so 14.3%

 Do you think that music censorship may have an impact on the earning potential of the recording industry ?

not at all 0.0%

have some impact on  92.9%

have a great impact on 7.1%

Feed back on my presentation

THANK YOU for give me many useful advise on my presentation.




Positive points
1.It's necessary to guarantee the musician's rights

2.It was good that the survey showed something that was unexpected.

3.I like how your NGO told us that censorship is not only for bad words, but also songs that contain lyrics which is against government policies. I didn't know that some singers have been arrest or killed in some countries.
The results of your survey are easy to understand and your video is cool.
4.The survey results are well shown with percentages of answers.
5.Clear assertion, concrete number on results
6. It's good idea that you recruit young people by twitter or FB
7.Your video is effective and attractive, giving lots of useful inspiring information, while being entertaining.
I am glad that you showed conflicting(or contradictory)infoemation of your survey as that is often the most interesting .
The goals and mission of your group were clear
8.The PPT were nice.
9.Cool video, clear results
10.there were many respondents to your survey, well done. Video was so good.
11. It shows you spent a lot of time on your presentation
12.The video inspired me, I love music too, and I was so shocked to know there were some people who got killed due to it.
13. the power point were clear, so that I was able to know the results of the survey and the NGO well. The missions/goals for the NGO was clear.
I like the video, It actually inspired and motivated me.

Criticisms
You should employ more adults
You should gice attributions for the music or visuals you used in your video.
the date with graphs may look better
The member of your NGO was narrow.

Questions
1.What types of music do you like?
I like punk and rock, my favorite band is My Chemical romance.
2.Were there any musicians that were arrested or their music had been censored in Japan
I haven't found any musicians been arrested or music been censored in Japan.
3.In countries with music censorship, are there any law's about the freedom of expression?

May be there are some laws about freedom of expression , But it doesn't mean that people can say whatever they want to say, for example in China freedom of expression was explained as" On the premise of`not affect Social harmony, people have right of free expression?

4.Does the NGO support musicians that sing about political issues or musicians that just sing bad words?
We are support both this two kinds of musicians.
5.what do you think the majority of respondents didn't care about protecting their children from obscene lyrics? What's your own opinion about this?
I think they may think that they can control their children's behavior well and have confidence on their home education.
For me, I don't think I will let my children listen to the rap or rock until their get into high school.

My PPT

1. About my survey result
 http://www.slideshare.net/zhihaoxu37/music-censorship-13762495

2 About my NGO
 http://www.slideshare.net/zhihaoxu37/m-f-a

Video I made for our NGO

http://youtu.be/igPelFqZCJo

Answers to my questions(7)

14 Are there any laws about music censorship?

There are currently no laws regarding music censorship.However I found out that according to the The first Amendment states ,CONGRESS SHALL MAKE NO LAW REPRESENTING AN ESTABLISHMENT OF RELIGION, OR PROHIBITING THE FREE EXERCISE THEREOF; OR ABRIDGING THE FREEDOM OF SPEECH, OR OF THE PRESS; OR OF THE RIGHT OF THE PEOPLE PEACEABLY TO ASSEMBLE, AND PETITION THE GOVERNMENT FOR A REDRESS OF GRIEVANCES.
it is illegal for government to censor the music, but it still ok for the organization like PMRC and private companies to censor the music. That's why the US government isn't interfere the music censorship directly.

Here is my source .
"Laws Regarding Music Censorship." . N.p., n.d. Web. 25 Jul 2012. <http://www.nku.edu/~issues/music_censorship/laws.htm>.

 15.What will happen if teenage listen too much rap/ rock music that contain dirty words , drug using and sexual expression?

 According to a 2006 study by the Pacific Institute for Research and Evaluation suggested that "young people who listen to rap and hip-hop are more likely to abuse alcohol and commit violent acts."

and another article  said that: "A 2008 study at North Carolina State University found that latent sexist attitudes were revealed in study participants regardless of whether they listened to rap music with sexist lyrics, or rap music with no sexist language."

 How ever I think that we can't blame all this bad behaviors to rap and rock music. teenage's behavior are mostly depend on the way their parents teach them.
so I think parents should be  responsible for their children's behavior.

source:
Valerie , Clark. "The Bad Effects of Rap Music on Teenagers Read more: The Bad Effects of Rap Music on Teenagers | eHow.com http://www.ehow.com/facts_4914950_bad-effects-rap-music-teenagers.html

Answers to my questions（6）

12  Are there any groups that support/ against music censorship?
 There is a NGO that advocates for the rights of musicians all around the world. Recently they advocated that  3 March every year should be MUSIC FREEDOM DAY since 2013. Here is their official site  http://www.freemuse.org/sw305.asp
 And the most famous organisation that support music censorship is PMRC, which I mentioned many times before.
 However I was surprised that I can't find the official site of PMRC. It seems that they don't have a site. so here is their information from wiki

 "Parents Music Resource Center." wikipedia. Print. <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parents_Music_Resource_Center>.

13 Are there any different between music censorship in1970s,1980s,1990s and now? Is is becoming more and more serious?
 In 1970s the real music censorship haven't started yet, so there wasn't a standard about which music should be censored and which shouldn't.
 In 1980s when the PMRC was found, the music censorship became more serious , at that time, PMRC mainly against heavy metal music because according to some parents some teenagers try to kill themselves after listening to the heavy metal music ( like  Ozzy's case and Judas Priest's case )
 In 1980s when Hip HOP and Rap rise, they became the main object of PMRC.

Here is the Timeline of Music censorship

"History of Censorship in America." n. page. Print. <http://www.nku.edu/~issues/music_censorship/History.htm>.

Answers to my qustions(5)

 11.  Is that any country else has music censorship? What about Japan?
 China have music censorship, too But they mainly censored import album. If the album was considered to be inappropriate. they can't sell it in China. That's why may rap album can't be seen in China. But I think Japan don;t have music censorship because I can get every kind of music here without difficult.