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Re:How Does Kidz Bop Censor Songs? by burkaman on Thursday April 09, 2020 @12:01AM (#22819660)
Reading the study they cite (https://urj.uccs.edu/index.php/urj/article/view/266), it's not that the replacements have an agenda, it's that replacing a few lyrics doesn't really cover up the original intent of a song, and a lot of the songs they cover have non-kid-friendly themes. Another major complaint is the music videos tend to feature kids having fun by dancing around a big house with fancy clothes and expensive stuff, which romanticizes wealth and promotes consumerism. Lyrics romanticizing wealth like "can't you taste this gold" tend not to be censored.

The basic idea is that playing the Kidz Bop version of a Flo Rida song for your kid is similar to showing them the airplane-censored version of Pulp Fiction. If they're too young for the real thing, they're probably too young for the censored version.

Re:How Does Kidz Bop Censor Songs? by welliman on Thursday April 09, 2020 @12:23AM (#22819752)
That study looks like it was done by an undergrad and isn't peer reviewed. It is interesting, but probably should be taken with a grain of salt.
Re:How Does Kidz Bop Censor Songs? by Klinky on Thursday April 09, 2020 @12:32AM (#22819798)
So, it's basically the Kidz Bop version of properly peer-reviewed study?
Re:How Does Kidz Bop Censor Songs? by welliman on Thursday April 09, 2020 @01:03AM (#22819921)
Not really. The research seems to be relatively novel, not a watered down version of a different study being repeated by children as your comment would suggest. My point was that the research just wasn't overly prestigious.
Re:How Does Kidz Bop Censor Songs? by Igelau on Thursday April 09, 2020 @08:44AM (#22821968)
By trimming out novelty and leaving only prestige, we are left with the Kidz Bop version of knowledge.
Re:How Does Kidz Bop Censor Songs? by lonelappde on Thursday April 09, 2020 @09:18AM (#22822233)
Right Kidz Bop Agenda is the opposite of KGOY, obviously, that's the whole reason it exists, but the researcher argues the task is doomed to failure.

Also, As bad as wealth and consumerism are, they are just as bad for kids as adults.