Abstracts
issue 2/2010 (English)
Michael Huber: Social Prestige of Music Styles in Austria – Discussion of the Questionability of Music Preference Surveys Based on Selected Results of the Study »Wozu Musik?« (»Why Music?«)
Surveys on music preferences often suffer from biased responses due to cultural social desirability. There is a trend to estimate music with a high social prestige to be more important than would be inferred from actual musical consumption. The study »Wozu Musik? Musikalische Verhaltens¬weisen, Vorlieben und Einstellungen der Österreicher/innen« (»Why Music? Music Behaviour, Preferences and Attitudes of the Austrians«) identified this phenomenon (among others). Surprisingly, the assessment of various music styles from different perspectives shows that both contemporary as well as classical art music are mostly unaffected by such phenomena of social desirability. German language folk music, however, the second dominant field of Austrian musical life, is being graded lower, even though it represents the most popular music style for the Austrians.
Other abstracts in this issue:
- National Identity Construction in Austrian and Swiss Sports Media Coverage – a Qualitative Content Analysis of the European Football Championship 2008
- Condition or Enrichment? Non-governmental Actors in the Open Method of Co-ordination for Social Inclusion in Austria
- Implementation of Gender Mainstreaming in the Rural Development of Austria – Neglects and Perspectives
- »Taking a Chance« – The Understanding of Contraception in Context of the Desire to Have a Child in Advanced Age