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The claim that children and young adults are becoming less sensitive to violence in the media has become a large debate, in 1993 when Jamie Bulgur was kill by two 10 year old boys after watching the horror movie Child’s Play. This caused a ‘moral panic’ and helps justify that the media can directly affect its viewers, especially children. As the debate is enormous I have decided to only concentrate on how today’s popular music is having a negative effect on today’s youth. By examining artists and their cultural discourses I will be able to justify the claim that thier lyrics have a direct link to violence being carried out in their name. In order to get a better understanding of how artists have influenced popular culture and how it can lead to having a negative effect (if any at all) on society. For example the Columbine High School shooting in Colorado, USA in which two teenagers went into their high school and open fire on staff and students. This caused another ‘moral panic’ as the first thing to be blamed for the incident was the boys taste in music. In this case it was a band and man called Marilyn Mason, a Goth band that promotes violence and speaks out towards the normal Christian morals of society. For