March 29, 201016 yr Following the herd: Fear dictates what music teenagers listen to By Daily Mail Reporter Last updated at 6:04 AM on 29th March 2010 Comments (5) Add to My Stories Teen spirit: Adolescents choose to listen to music that has been approved of by their peers rather than because they like it It's no secret that peer pressure influences many teenagers' lives. But a new study has found that adolescents choose to listen to music that has been approved of by their peers rather than because they like it. The study looked at teenagers listening to music on social networking sites such as MySpace, where a song's popularity can be gauged by how many times it has been downloaded. The results suggest that if their musical choices do not match those of others, their brains recoil in fear. 'We wanted to know, for example with Amazon.com, when you see a four or five-star rating of something, does that make you like it more?' Gregory Berns, Chair of Neuroeconomics at Emory University told the Times. Youngsters aged between 12 and 17 were played a track and asked to rate how much they liked it. Some of the group were then given the opportunity to see how popular the song was according to how many times it had been downloaded. After an interval, they were all asked to rate the track again, with participants changing their ratings 22 per cent of the time after finding out the tune was a hit. More than three quarters switched to match the song's popularity rating. Brain scans revealed that the first time the teenagers heard a song, regions associated with reward and pleasure were activated. On the second hearing, those associated with anxiety and pain would light up, suggesting that fear made people change their ratings. The findings, which were published recently in the journal NeuroImage, back up previous research on conformity, which says that young people submit to peer pressure to avoid being teased. Later in life, the ability to get on with others improves their life chances. 'We can't deny the fact we care a lot about what people think,' said Dr Berns. 'A lot of people think we are individuals and in democratic societies we have freedom of choice. Actually, we're slaves to what other people think.' Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1261493/Following-herd-Fear-dictates-music-teenagers-listen-to.html#ixzz0jYktcFPV
March 29, 201016 yr No surprise there :\ half of the people who walk around with AC/DC shirts couldn't tell them apart from Elvis :shame:
March 29, 201016 yr Author Well it certainly explains how garbage like Justin Bieber and Tokio Hotel becomes so huge in such a short space of time!:dozey:
March 29, 201016 yr I actually don't think Justin Bieber is all that terrible. It's better than a lot of stuff I hear in mainstream radio.
March 29, 201016 yr Yeah, try listening to Indian pop for a day and basically anything'll sound good :thinking:
March 29, 201016 yr Author Yeah, try listening to Indian pop for a day and basically anything'll sound good :thinking: You listen to Indian pop?:stunned:
March 29, 201016 yr It's no secret that peer pressure influences many teenagers' lives. But a new study has found that adolescents choose to listen to music that has been approved of by their peers rather than because they like it. Why the 'but'? Its a continuation of the first statement. Its a tautology. 1. Its no secret peer pressure exists. 2. But a new study has found that peer pressure exists. no shit sherlock.
March 29, 201016 yr Why the 'but'? Its a continuation of the first statement. Its a tautology. 1. Its no secret peer pressure exists. 2. But a new study has found that peer pressure exists. no shit sherlock. But then it wouldn't be news. Oh wait, it's not.
March 29, 201016 yr What is peer pressure? (sets up opportunity for somebody to use the http://igtfy.com/)
March 29, 201016 yr Well it certainly explains how garbage like Justin Bieber and Tokio Hotel becomes so huge in such a short space of time!:dozey: Why do you keep mentioning Justin Bieber?, calling him garbage isn't going to change the fact that millions of teenage girls love him and not you.
March 29, 201016 yr Obviously it's the terrorists, secretly funded by rogue states who create the fear which dictates what teenagers listen to. IT ALL MAKES SENSE NOW.
March 30, 201016 yr Well it certainly explains how garbage like Justin Bieber and Tokio Hotel becomes so huge in such a short space of time!:dozey: why can you call them garbarge and people can't say that the music you like is garbage? oh, and keep your daily mail spam in just one section :wink:
March 30, 201016 yr So how do you know it's so awful?:confused: I have eaten out at some Indian places where they play it :(
March 30, 201016 yr Author I have eaten out at some Indian places where they play it :( Poor you!:stunned: Next time I suggest you take some earplugs!:P
March 30, 201016 yr No, its called popular music because only one person likes it. :laugh4: Win, Bryce. Win.
March 31, 201016 yr I have eaten out at some Indian places where they play it :( so you had to listen to songs like this one then? :wink3: [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZA1NoOOoaNw]Crazy Indian Video[/ame]
March 31, 201016 yr 90s at least judging from the walkman actually, it's a Discman...give them some credit, it isn't that far outdated til the era of the Walkmans. :P & the 90s had some real dodgy fashions...takes an outdated stock photo like that to realise it. :dozey:
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