This brings me to the approach proposed by Jones that "mediums influence meaning", this is true of the millennial generations' interest in social power and social injustices. Political music, like political satire, helps shape age-old ideologies because, according to Jones, mediums actually influence meaning. In the article What Riot? Politics of Punk Rock, Fascism and Rock Against Racism, by Alessandro G. Moliterno, states the following about how music influences political thinking, especially when it comes to social issues: “Rock music functions as a mass medium, which is experienced by hundreds of thousands of people almost simultaneously, then it is obvious that punk and its message had the potential to reach, and therefore influence, a very large audience (Moliterno, 2012.)” Bands like Desaparecidos, System of a Down and briefly, At the Drive- There are a few examples of bands that focus much of their music on social justice. Reinforced by an article written by the New York Daily news that says that “political music is meant to appeal not only to the oppressed, but also to those who are compassionate towards the cause (Gavish, 2009).” While Gavish discusses the event of the cause is usually more often than not created by the meaning conveyed to the citizens, as Jones would call the population, through a musical medium which influences the political beliefs of the audience. For example: in the song
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