Document Type
Argument Essay
Publication Date
1990
Excerpt
Rock 'n roll is one of the most prosperous industries in the world today. The sounds of rock 'n roll music are inescapable; we hear them in shopping malls, in dentists' offices, at the gym, on television, and from car radios. Benefit performances such as Live Aid and Farm Aid have demonstrated that rock music can be a positive social force. However, an ever increasing amount of this music contains obscene, pornographic and violent elements which can have detrimental influences on young children. This music is readily available to young people of all ages on radios, on rock-video networks such as MTV, and in record stores throughout the nation. The first step in helping parents protect their children is to provide parental awareness. Therefore, the PMRC (Parents' Music Resource Center) should continue its campaign to label records that contain suggestive lyrics.
Recommended Citation
Parks, Jennifer, "Record Labeling and the PMRC (1990)" (1990). The Valpo Core Reader. 392.
http://scholar.valpo.edu/core_reader/392