Mass Media, Joan Gorham, McGraw-Hill Companies, McGraw-Hill/Dushkin, 2002, ISBN 978-0-07-250656-3, ... In the 1950s, worried parents and community leaders felt that rock lyrics portrayed stories of immorality, that the beat of the music caused listeners to mimic lewd and provocative dances, and that the on- and offstage antics of the performers presented dangerous role models for youth ...