新奇事件簿 流行歌曲促年輕人飲酒

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The songs young people listen to could be encouraging them to drink more alcohol. This is the conclusion of a study into the extent to which lyrics contain references to drinking. Researchers from the John Moores University in Liverpool, England assert that public health warnings on liquor may be of diminishing value because of the prevalence of terms surrounding alcohol in pop songs. The study found that one in five songs in the UK music charts contains references to intoxicating beverages. This figure is double that from a decade ago. They also found that songs from 1981 contained relatively few references to alcohol. John Moores attributed some of the rise to an influx of US-imported songs.

深受年輕人喜愛的歌曲有可能會促使他們過度飲酒。這是一項有關歌詞中包含飲酒多少的研究總結。來自英格蘭利物浦約翰摩爾斯大學的研究人員稱由于流行音樂中存在著大量關于飲酒的歌詞，對于飲酒的公共安全警告效率將有所減少。研究發(fā)現(xiàn)在英國歌曲排行榜中，五首歌曲中就有一首含有飲酒歌詞。而這一數(shù)據(jù)是十年前的兩倍。他們還發(fā)現(xiàn)相對于1981年，歌曲中含有飲酒的歌詞相對較少。約翰摩爾斯大學將部分上升原因歸功于美國歌曲的涌入。

Researchers said the exposure of young people to alcohol in the media is "a major concern". Professor Karen Hughes warned that references to alcohol are a "form of advertising and marketing for alcoholic products." She said: "Public health concerns are already focused on the impacts of alcohol advertising on the drinking behaviours of young people, yet the growing reference to alcohol in popular music could mean that positive, alcohol-promoting messages are reaching much larger audiences." Dr Hughes added: "Health and other professionals should be vigilant to ensure that popular music does not become a medium for reinforcing and extending cultures of intoxication and alcohol-related harm."

研究人員稱讓年輕人過多接觸大眾傳媒中所宣傳的飲酒信息是值得我們關切的。卡倫·休斯教授警告稱這些信息是廣告的一種形式，是酒精產(chǎn)品的營銷手段。她稱：“公共安全的關注點已經(jīng)注意了酒精廣告對年輕人飲酒的影響程度，但是流行音樂中不斷出現(xiàn)的飲酒信息有可能意味著聽眾的影響范圍將不斷增加。休斯博士補充道：“健康領域以及其他領域專家應該保持警惕，保證流行音樂不會成為擴大飲酒文化以及相關危害的媒介。”