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Many people believe that modern music can have a negative impact on the young. Others believe the effect of modern music is positive. Discuss both these views and give your opinion.

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Music
 suffered changes over the years and it´s been questioned if it has a negative or positive
impact
 on the young. Not only modernity reflects the society we live in, a world controlled by technology, but
also
 has an influence on the development of a person´s identity and character.
Therefore
 some believe that
this
 new style could have a negative
impact
 while others observe it as a positive effect. It´s important to consider the two opinions in order to understand the profits and disadvantages. On the one hand, the older
generations
 who grew up listening to jazz, rock and classical style have difficulties understanding the musical choices nowadays. Some call it “noise” and think that it has no intellectual value due to the violence of some lyrics or the lack
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 quality of the content.
In addition
 to
this
, techno
music
 born from the advances of technology can
also
 be controversial. Why is that? Young people spend many hours per day listening to
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 or techno songs which rhythms can create heart problems. Despite
this
 condition, electronic can
also
 be seen as artificial
music
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 to the olds
generations
 songs.
Nonetheless
, others believe that the effect of modern
music
 can be positive. Modern
music
 is developed and
stablished
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established
 by the new
generations
 for the new
generations
 which leads some to think that it has a good
impact
 on the young. Tastes are changing and the young minds are evolving with them even if not everyone agrees. In my opinion, from the perspective of someone who belongs to the new generation and lives in person the
impact
 of modern
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 I believe that we need to be open to it. Listening to modern
music
 doesn’t abrogate the past
music
 styles,
on the contrary
, it
allow
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 us to form our musical culture and be able to adapt ourselves
in
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 several environments and types of personalities. To summarize, modern
music
 can have a positive and a negative
impact
 depending on how
the
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young people use it. For
some
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 it can be relaxing and for
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others
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other
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 it could bring violent attitudes or health problems but, as a rule, we can´t apply the same
impact
 to all young people that listen to modern
music
.
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  • lifestyles and behaviours
  • glorify
  • distract
  • academic performance
  • self-expression
  • identity formation
  • source of inspiration
  • social and political messages
  • amplifying
  • accessible
  • influential
  • parental and educational guidance
  • critically analyze
  • responsible consumption
  • mitigate
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