Faculty of Humanities and Literature, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad
10.22034/sls.2025.68058.1553
Abstract
This study examines how families’ cultural and economic consumption influence the musical taste of 409 high school students in Torghabeh and Shandiz. Drawing on Bourdieu’s theory of cultural capital and Veblen’s framework of conspicuous consumption, this quantitative survey identifies four types of musical taste: protest (rap, political–social), popular (pop, romantic), traditional (Iranian folk music), and distinctive/highbrow (rock, classical). The findings indicate that families’ cultural consumption (such as purchasing books) significantly affects preferences for traditional (β = 0.225) and distinctive (β = 0.201) genres, while conspicuous spending (such as buying fashionable clothes) influences mainstream tastes, namely popular music (β = 0.160). Protest-oriented taste shows minimal responsiveness to consumption patterns, suggesting motivations rooted in subcultural or political orientations. Theoretically, by highlighting the role of families’ cultural and economic consumption in shaping adolescents’ musical preferences, this study opens a window for analyzing the crucial impact of social position on cultural taste and demonstrates that, beyond individual justifications for music choices, family background plays a substantial role in explaining musical preferences.
Hamidi, S. , Asgharpourmasouleh, A. and Mirzaei, H. (2025). The Influence of Families’ Cultural and Economic Consumption Patterns on High School Students’ Musical Taste. Journal of Sociology of Lifestyle (SLS), (), -. doi: 10.22034/sls.2025.68058.1553
MLA
Hamidi, S. , , Asgharpourmasouleh, A. , and Mirzaei, H. . "The Influence of Families’ Cultural and Economic Consumption Patterns on High School Students’ Musical Taste", Journal of Sociology of Lifestyle (SLS), , , 2025, -. doi: 10.22034/sls.2025.68058.1553
HARVARD
Hamidi, S., Asgharpourmasouleh, A., Mirzaei, H. (2025). 'The Influence of Families’ Cultural and Economic Consumption Patterns on High School Students’ Musical Taste', Journal of Sociology of Lifestyle (SLS), (), pp. -. doi: 10.22034/sls.2025.68058.1553
CHICAGO
S. Hamidi , A. Asgharpourmasouleh and H. Mirzaei, "The Influence of Families’ Cultural and Economic Consumption Patterns on High School Students’ Musical Taste," Journal of Sociology of Lifestyle (SLS), (2025): -, doi: 10.22034/sls.2025.68058.1553
VANCOUVER
Hamidi, S., Asgharpourmasouleh, A., Mirzaei, H. The Influence of Families’ Cultural and Economic Consumption Patterns on High School Students’ Musical Taste. Journal of Sociology of Lifestyle (SLS), 2025; (): -. doi: 10.22034/sls.2025.68058.1553
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