The Sociological Study of Music Consumption (Case Study: the Youth of Sabzevar)

Subject Areas : Sociological Studies of Youth

Ebrahim Salehababi ¹ , Abolghasem Heidarabadi ² , Masoud Darabi ³

1 - Assistant Professor, Department of Social Sciences, Payam Noor University, Iran,
2 - Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, Babol Branch, Islamic Azad University, Babol, Iran
3 - Department of Sociology, Dehaghan Branch, Islamic Azad University, Dehaghan, Iran

Received: 2019-03-12 Accepted : 2019-03-12 Published : 2019-03-01

Keywords: Youth, music, Cultural capital, Sociological, religious,

Abstract :

The study of consumer tastes and preferences of individuals towards cultural goods including music can determine the type and structure of social relations and interaction between people in different social strata.Contrary to what is commonly believed to joy and entertainment, instrumental music is not the thing that can reflect the meaning of life in a community or group. This study aims to study music in sociological survey conducted among young people in Sabzevar. This study uses survey method on 400 young people. The results showed that there is a significant relationship between the use of music and religion. This means that with increasing religiosity of music consumption, the amount of interest to foreign music, musical activities and reduced interest rates to female and male singers on the amount of interest will be added. When the cultural capital increases, consumption will raise in all its dimensions. Social capital does not explain musical consumption. Economic and social status of the parents, amount of musical interest, activity, and cognition relates to the numbers of foreign music and female singer.

References:

Aghaahmadi, G., Gholizdeh, Z.,&  Mirmohammadi, P. (2013). The relationship between socio-economic status and consumption of music in Tehran youth, Journal of Sociological Studies of Youths, 9(1), 25-35.

Bakak, R. (2002). Consumption. Tehran: Shirazeh Publication.

Bourdieu, P. (2011). The distinction. Tehran: Tehran Academic Institute.

Chalabi, M. (2002). Social analysis of space. Tehran: Ney Publication.

Dewas, D. A. (2009). Navigating social research. Tehran: Ney Publication.

Fazli, M. (2007).The   sociology of music consumption, Iranian Journal of Cultural Studies and Communication, 1(4), 25-35.

Ghanbari, R. (2004). Traditional music and popular music. Tehran: South Tehran Publication.

Ghasemi, V. (2003). The interaction between music and society. Qom: Nashr Publication.

Heidarabadi, A.,  Pahlavan, M. & Rezaei, Z. (2011). The role of social and cultural factors on trends in western music among young persons in Amol city, Journal of Social Science, 5(1), 28-38.

Mousavi, M. (2008).  Investigating the relationship between cultural capital and musical tastes. Kerman: Bahonar University.

Peterson, R., & Kern, M. (1996). Changing highbrow taste: From snob to omnivore, American Sociological Review, 61(5), 900–907.

Samim, R. (2007).  A study of consumer education (Case Study: Tehran City), Journal of Mahoor Music, 9(1), 35-45.