The genre preferences of western popular music by Japanese adolescents

Wells, Alan; Tokinoya, Hiroshi

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“…Of the studies that have done so, the findings were consistent with cultural differences in ideal affect. For example, Wells and Tokinoya (1998) observed that, among the different forms of Western music, classical and jazz (which were rated by Rentfrow & Gosling, 2003, as slower and less energetic than other genres) were more popular among Japanese than American adolescents (Wells, 1990). Individual and group differences in music preferences within the same genre should also vary as a function of differences in ideal affect.…”

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Ideal Affect: Cultural Causes and Behavioral Consequences

Tsai

2007

Perspect Psychol Sci

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Most research focuses on actual affect, or the affective states that people actually feel. In this article, I demonstrate the importance and utility of studying ideal affect, or the affective states that people ideally want to feel. First, I define ideal affect and describe the cultural causes and behavioral consequences of ideal affect. To illustrate these points, I compare American and East Asian cultures, which differ in their valuation of high-arousal positive affective states (e.g., excitement, enthusiasm) and low-arousal positive affective states (e.g., calm, peace-fulness). I then introduce affect valuation theory, which integrates ideal affect with current models of affect and emotion and, in doing so, provides a new framework for understanding how cultural and temperamental factors may shape affect and behavior.

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Ideal Affect: Cultural Causes and Behavioral Consequences

Tsai

2007

Perspect Psychol Sci

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“…The present study of Taiwan is one of several analyses of musical taste in East Asian societies (Wells 1998, Teo 2008, Hui 2009). To the extent that my findings support earlier results in Western societies, the gain in crosscultural robustness is greater than if they were simply from another Western society.…”

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Musical Taste And Social Structure In Taiwan

Marsh

2012

Comp Sociol

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Research in the comparative cultural sociology of musical taste has been confined to Western societies. The present study tests hypotheses from Western research in a culturally different, East Asian society, Taiwan. The 1992 Taiwan survey asked a representative sample of the population which of ten types of music they liked or disliked. To a large extent, the Taiwan findings replicate those in the West. For example, high status, younger people are more likely to be omnivores, liking both highbrow and lowbrow music, while low status, older people tend toward the univore pole. The ten types of musical taste can be clustered into three more general, culturally distinct taste audiences.

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“…The high occurrence of Reaggaeton is an example of the above assertion, since currently it is a very popular style of music that is most listened to by adolescents (Cremades, 2008). Moreover, Pop, as several studies have shown, is widely listened to among students and it is the preferred style of this age group (Regelski, 2006;Väkevä, 2006;Wells & Tokinoya, 1998). Finally, the preference for Hip-Hop may be a result of association with youth groups, a sign of the social-cultural identity of the marginal neighborhoods of large cities in the United States that has spread all over the world (Bryant, 2004;Campos, 2006;Connell & Gibson, 2003).…”

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Musical tastes of secondary school students' with different cultural backgrounds: A study in the spanish north african city of Melilla

Cremades¹,

Quiles²,

Herrera

2010

Musicae Scientiae

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The purpose of this study is to analyze the musical tastes of secondayr school students in terms of cultural origin, in the Spanish city of Melilla, a North African enclave bordered by Morocco and characterized by its cultural diversity. The study also examines the musical environment of the students since, as different studies have shown (Frith, 2004; Hargreaves, Marshall & North, 2003; Lundquist, 2002; Pitts, 2007), there is no direct relationship between music studied formally in school and the music listened to in daily life. Some 667 students from first to fourth year in compulsory secondary education level (334 females and 323 males), between the ages of 12 and 16 participated, of which 55.9% were of Berber origin, 39.1% of European origin, and 4.9% of mixed origin. The results that were derived from the Questionnaire on Preferences of Musical Styles prepared by Lorenzo, Herrera & Cremades (2008) reflect that the musical tastes of students are oriented towards popular music (Reggaeton, Pop, Hip-Hop or Rap, amongst others) and, on the other hand, they differ according to the cultural group of origin. These musical preferences are clearly influenced by several agents of socialization that are part of informal education (principally peer groups, TV, radio, and the Internet), that shape the cultural and musical consumption habits of young people. Finally, a number of proposals are made for the integration of formal and informal musical education.

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The genre preferences of western popular music by Japanese adolescents

Cited by 10 publications

References 16 publications

Ideal Affect: Cultural Causes and Behavioral Consequences

Ideal Affect: Cultural Causes and Behavioral Consequences

Musical Taste And Social Structure In Taiwan

Musical tastes of secondary school students' with different cultural backgrounds: A study in the spanish north african city of Melilla

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