Research and Planning: Music effects and theory.

The researchers are interested in what effects the music has on the adolescents, and how it influences them. Also, why is it only rap and heavy metal music that effects them?

The key concerns that have been raised about the effects of rap music are that they provoke crime in adolescents, shows sexism, and not conforming to society.

The author of http://www.funk-the-system.net/usualsuspect.html has explained that there are more important issues other than media products affecting adolescents. The main one being the availability of guns and other weapons to them, as well as their family background, how they've been brought up by their parents/guardians and other life experiences.