Rebellion in the Top Music Charts: Defiant Messages in Rap/Hip-Hop and Rock Music 1993 and 2003

Journal of Media Psychology

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 15-23

  Knobloch Westerwick, Silvia ^a   Musto, Paige ^b   Shaw, Katherine ^b  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

adolescence youth; hip hop music; popular music; proactive rebellion; rap music; reactive rebellion; rebellious music; rock music

Indexed keywords

EID: 67651230684     PISSN: 18641105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1027/1864-1105.20.1.15     Document Type: Article

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