Survey for my school project

[Seneschal]

Hi all! Anyone willing to do me a favor? I've got a project in my media literacy class; my topic is how music and music videos effects teenagers, and I need some data to back up my paper and website. I thought of this forum immediately. Is anyone willing to take a few minutes to take this survey for me? The results will be completely confidential; in no place will any names, emails, aliases, etc. be mentioned in relation to the information, and for that matter, it'll mostly just be numbers on a graph. If you're not comfortable posting the results here, email them to me at Seneschal13@yahoo.com. I absolutely promise I won't judge you on any of this; it's not my place to judge. I do ask for complete honesty...even brutal honesty. This might be uncomfortable in places (I filled it out too, and wrote it) but I do need the data.

If you want, I can post a link to the website this will all be compiled on when it's finished. This is all in good fun of course, and I'm not asking for any SPECIFIC information; for example, it does ask about "committing or contemplating committing any crimes"...that answer requires just a yes or a no with no elaboration necessary. I won't inquire further, and you don't need to specify if you just thought about it or if you actually did it.

Anyways, here's the survey, if you want to take it. If so, thanks SO MUCH! And if not, I understand, and thanks anyways!



1. Age
2. Gender
3. Did/do you watch music videos as a teen?
4. What genre/decade did/do you watch music videos in as a teen?
5. As a teen, how did you dress, or, if you were unable to, how would you have wanted to dress?
6. Would that style of clothing have been 'cool' to your peers?
7. How did 'cool' people dress--the boys? The girls?
8. How did ‘cool’ boys behave? Girls?
9. Were drugs, smoking, or alcohol use ‘cool’?
10. Would your peers have thought you were cool if you had a knife, gun, or other weapon?
11. Was being in a gang cool?
12. Did you get into fights as a teen? Did your friends? How often?
13. Did you do drugs as a teen? Your friends?
14. Did you drink alcohol as a teen? Your friends?
15. Did you smoke as a teen? Your friends?
16. Were you sexually active? Was it cool to be sexually active?
17. Was it expected for you to be sexually active? What about your male friends? Your female friends?
18. What was your idea of the ideal height/weight/body type of a female when you were a teen? You may use an actress or photo as an example.
19. What was your idea of the ideal height/weight/body type of a male when you were a teen? You may use an actress or photo as an example.
20. Were you/your friends depressed or prone to depression?
21. As a teen, what did you LIKE about your body?
22. As a teen, what did you DISLIKE about your body?
23. Did you/your friends ever commit or contemplate committing an act/acts of vandalism? Would you have been cool if you did?
24. Did you/your friends ever commit/contemplate committing theft? Would you have been cool if you did?
25. Did you/your friends ever commit/contemplate committing a serious crime? Would you have been cool if you did?
26. Do you think that the music you listened to had an effect on your thoughts or behavior?
27. Do you think the music videos you watched had an effect on your thoughts or behavior?
28. What has changed about music and music videos since you were a teen?
29. What has changed about how young people dress since you were a teen?
30. What has changed about how young people behave in regards to drugs, alcohol, etc. since you were a teen?
31. How have trends regarding teen sexuality changed since you were a teen?
32. How have trends regarding teen depression or suicide rates changed since you were a teen?
33. How have trends regarding teen violence changed since you were a teen?
34. How have trends regarding teen body image changed since you were a teen?

[abuja]

Is it cool if I'm a teenager myself?

[h00blah]

woot complete! e-mailed it to ya

nice boredom killer. thanks. being home sick BLOWS

[Seneschal]

Is it cool if I'm a teenager myself?

Yeah! That's PERFECT actually! I need anyone and everyone to answer this. I'm just looking to get a nice, wide variety of people to answer it.

Also: THANK YOU H00BLAH! <3 <3 <3! Much love.

[h00blah]

oh gosh

[CoolioTiffany]

Email sent

I'm 13, almost 14, so I answered all questions honestly, didn't lie on any of them. A lot of them is based off of what I've noticed at school and with people around my age out in public.

[Snakeman]

im 21 so it hasnt been long since i was a teenager, i watched music videos back then and i still do now, gonna do the survey now

[Seneschal]

Thanks for all the replies everyone, and keep 'em coming if you can!

[Seneschal]

Hey all, thanks so much for the responses I've gotten, but I still need more! If you don't feel too uncomfortable, could you please take a few and answer it? Mostly, a yes or no answer will more than suffice. Thanks!

[DarkSean]

1. Age
18
2. Gender
Male
3. Did/do you watch music videos as a teen?
YES!
4. What genre/decade did/do you watch music videos in as a teen?
Pop/80s etc
5. As a teen, how did you dress, or, if you were unable to, how would you have wanted to dress?
trainers, jeans, tshirt and hat usually - simple
6. Would that style of clothing have been 'cool' to your peers?
Just pretty average
7. How did 'cool' people dress--the boys? The girls?
Girls - VERY high skirts which is what made them cool. Boys, pretty sporty.
8. How did ‘cool’ boys behave? Girls?
Just hung out, were sometimes childish
9. Were drugs, smoking, or alcohol use ‘cool’?
NO!
10. Would your peers have thought you were cool if you had a knife, gun, or other weapon?
NOPE! You would have been seen as a moron and reported lol
11. Was being in a gang cool?
Nope
12. Did you get into fights as a teen? Did your friends? How often?
Nope, never been in a fight to this day
13. Did you do drugs as a teen? Your friends?
Nope, Im not friends with people who do either
14. Did you drink alcohol as a teen? Your friends?
Nope, again still dont drink
15. Did you smoke as a teen? Your friends?
Never smoked, dont hang around with people who do either
16. Were you sexually active? Was it cool to be sexually active?
Nope and wasn't a factor
17. Was it expected for you to be sexually active? What about your male friends? Your female friends?
Not really, as a younger teen, the point of being active didn't come up much.
18. What was your idea of the ideal height/weight/body type of a female
when you were a teen? You may use an actress or photo as an example.
5' - 5'11", thin-average
19. What was your idea of the ideal height/weight/body type of a male when you were a teen? You may use an actress or photo as an example.
Tall (which i am not lol), athletic
20. Were you/your friends depressed or prone to depression?
Nope! Im have never been depressed, I try to be positive about everything
21. As a teen, what did you LIKE about your body?
Face, legs, bum, (< there is a comma there) hair
22. As a teen, what did you DISLIKE about your body?
As a young teen, my belly
23. Did you/your friends ever commit or contemplate committing an act/acts of vandalism? Would you have been cool if you did?
Most likely, and No, I would have told them they were idiots
24. Did you/your friends ever commit/contemplate committing theft? Would you have been cool if you did?
Yes! I told them they were idiots
25. Did you/your friends ever commit/contemplate committing a serious crime? Would you have been cool if you did?
Nope, I would not have
26. Do you think that the music you listened to had an effect on your thoughts or behavior?
Maybe? Im not sure, Pop is pretty upbeat lol, and the heavy metal guys were pretty nuts lol
27. Do you think the music videos you watched had an effect on your thoughts or behavior?
A little
28. What has changed about music and music videos since you were a teen?
Women are waaaaay more slutty now, You HAVE to be half naked to sell at all, and you must be thin.
29. What has changed about how young people dress since you were a teen?
Again young girls wear hardly any clothes and act much older.
30. What has changed about how young people behave in regards to drugs, alcohol, etc. since you were a teen?
Its more common now, as its all alot more easy to get hold of
31. How have trends regarding teen sexuality changed since you were a teen?
Everyone seems to be Bisexual, which is cool,
32. How have trends regarding teen depression or suicide rates changed since you were a teen?
Not sure, but it seems every teen you meet is just coming out of, or is depressed.
33. How have trends regarding teen violence changed since you were a teen?
It seems more acceptable to stab someone who looks at you funny or have a fight for no reason
34. How have trends regarding teen body image changed since you were a teen?
I think teens are always going to feel weird about their bodies. its part of the teen experiance.