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Read the text and answer the question. Scientists prove that pop music is literally rui...

Read the text and answer the question.


Scientists prove that pop music is literally ruining our brains


In 2008, Adrian North of Scotland's Heriot-Watt University published the largest study yet of musical taste, involving 36,000 people, 60 countries and three years of work. [...] He discovered that the most common characteristic among all genre listeners was creativity. However, one group of listeners showed a genuine and significant lack of creativity: pop music lovers. That doesn't necessarily mean that stupid people love pop – just that pop trains us to expect less from our artistic and creative lives. [...]

Unfortunately, there's no end in sight. As these songs get watered down, they become cheap and easy fuel for the music business because they appeal to the lowest common denominator and thus reach a wide audience. [...] That's why it matters when it's getting worse. Billboard charts fuel the mainstream market, identifying safe bets for movie soundtracks, commercials and background music, all of which ensure that a popular song is impossible to avoid. And despite common sense, songs aren't played because they are popular; they're played to make them popular.

If we care about our culture – and if we care about our minds – we'll vote with our ears. If the formulas stop paying off for the industry, we might get real music back into the mainstream.


Artigos de opinião procuram persuadir o leitor a concordar com determinado ponto de vista. Nesse caso, para conseguir seu objetivo, a autora do artigo utiliza:


A

opiniões a respeito das pessoas que ouvem música pop, em especial jovens e adolescentes.


B

evidências de que os votos dos ouvintes nas paradas de sucesso podem reverter uma tendência da indústria cultural.


C

uma pesquisa científica realizada por uma universidade a fim de dar sustentação à sua tese.


D

argumentos a favor da música pop, comprovando sua eficácia para o desenvolvimento da criatividade dos ouvintes.