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?