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Source: Newspaper article from 'NME' Title: "Official: Radiohead makes kids think of death (and ice cream) - NME Date: September 2003 What are the underlying psychological assumptions in the source? The article focuses on childrens perceptions of music by Radiohead who are known for being a depressive band but others say 'creative geniuses.' If the media changes trends and perceptions then what effect can one bands' songs have on an individual. 'Those social stimuli that are the products of the behaviour of other people essentially constitute culture.' As stated by Segall, culture relates to perception and generalisation of this can depend on age, wealth and country. The children, aged ten years old from California, USA listened to Radiohead tracks and then drew their impression of the songs showing what perceptions were created from the stimuli. The children requested 'Sean Paul instead' but were told to listen to Radiohead so forced compliance...

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