Sounds like a typical bullsh*t assignment from an overpaid instructor. Ask for a refund in tuition.
Manson doesn't sell records anymore, unless you count his pathetic covers of 80s pop songs. Kids who turn to him now most likely have already been influenced by something else to go buy his music. The assignment would have been more appropriate if it were given eight to ten years ago, when Manson was actually a media-scrutinized controversial band at their peak.
Teens are impressionable. They get influenced by just about anything. Pinpointing one artist, one band, one movement, or one sector of pop culture and correlating it to an increase in violence is a waste of time. There will never be a statistically significant study that relates a particular musician/video/song to an increase in violent behavior.
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