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http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/06/150603124545.htm
"..."Breadth of taste is not linked to class. But class filters into specific likes and dislikes," said Gerry Veenstra, study author and professor at UBC's Department of Sociology.
The study involved nearly 1,600 telephone interviews with adults in Vancouver and Toronto, who were asked about their likes and dislikes of 21 musical genres. Veenstra himself is partial to easy listening, musical theatre and pop.
Poorer, less-educated people tended to like country, disco, easy listening, golden oldies, heavy metal and rap.
Meanwhile, their wealthier and better-educated counterparts preferred genres such as classical, blues, jazz, opera, choral, pop, reggae, rock, world and musical theatre.
The research touches on a hotly debated topic in cultural sociology: whether one's class is accompanied by specific cultural tastes, or whether "elites" are defined by a broad palette of preferences that sets them apart.
The study determines that wealth and education do not influence a person's breadth of musical taste. However, class and other factors -- such as age, gender, immigrant status and ethnicity -- shape our musical tastes in interesting and complex ways.
What people don't want to listen to also plays a key role in creating class boundaries. "What upper class people like is disliked by the lower class, and vice versa," said Veenstra.
For example, the least-educated people in the study were over eight times more likely to dislike classical music compared to the best-educated respondents. Meanwhile, lowbrow genres such as country, easy listening and golden oldies were disliked by higher-class listeners.
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Вероятность того, что наиболее образованные и богатые будут любить классику, джаз, блюз, рок, регги - в 8 раз выше, чем у малообразованного и бедного класса.
Обратная ситуация обнаруживается с кантри-музыкой, поп-музыкой, хэви-метал музыкой, диско и рэпом - они в 8 раз более вероятно найдут дорогу к сердцу людей бедных,простых и не слишком замороченных с образованием.
Жаль, они не стали включать в исследование разные жанры электроники. Было бы очень интересно выявить, есть ли там "расовая" или "классовая" зависимость в предпочтениях.
"..."Breadth of taste is not linked to class. But class filters into specific likes and dislikes," said Gerry Veenstra, study author and professor at UBC's Department of Sociology.
The study involved nearly 1,600 telephone interviews with adults in Vancouver and Toronto, who were asked about their likes and dislikes of 21 musical genres. Veenstra himself is partial to easy listening, musical theatre and pop.
Poorer, less-educated people tended to like country, disco, easy listening, golden oldies, heavy metal and rap.
Meanwhile, their wealthier and better-educated counterparts preferred genres such as classical, blues, jazz, opera, choral, pop, reggae, rock, world and musical theatre.
The research touches on a hotly debated topic in cultural sociology: whether one's class is accompanied by specific cultural tastes, or whether "elites" are defined by a broad palette of preferences that sets them apart.
The study determines that wealth and education do not influence a person's breadth of musical taste. However, class and other factors -- such as age, gender, immigrant status and ethnicity -- shape our musical tastes in interesting and complex ways.
What people don't want to listen to also plays a key role in creating class boundaries. "What upper class people like is disliked by the lower class, and vice versa," said Veenstra.
For example, the least-educated people in the study were over eight times more likely to dislike classical music compared to the best-educated respondents. Meanwhile, lowbrow genres such as country, easy listening and golden oldies were disliked by higher-class listeners.
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Вероятность того, что наиболее образованные и богатые будут любить классику, джаз, блюз, рок, регги - в 8 раз выше, чем у малообразованного и бедного класса.
Обратная ситуация обнаруживается с кантри-музыкой, поп-музыкой, хэви-метал музыкой, диско и рэпом - они в 8 раз более вероятно найдут дорогу к сердцу людей бедных,простых и не слишком замороченных с образованием.
Жаль, они не стали включать в исследование разные жанры электроники. Было бы очень интересно выявить, есть ли там "расовая" или "классовая" зависимость в предпочтениях.
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