How are Music Tastes and Demographic Variables Related in Japanese University Students?

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  • 現代日本の大学生と音楽の好み : 「大学生の生活と意識に関する調査」をもとに
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This paper describes how relationship between social stratification and music tastes in Japanese university students． We use data from the survey‘Lifestyle and Attitudes of Japanese University Students 2020’， which is a large-scale online survey of students at19universities in Japan． The result shows following． First， preferred music genres tend to increase with more difficult universities． That means what B． Bryson called cultural tolerance． Second， the preference for rock music represents a characteristic of current Japanese music listening． In the past， rock music was a symbol of resistance among the youth． But in today’s Japan， however， a preference for rock music does not imply resistance to society or else． On the contrary， rock music tends to be favored by university students with high cultural capital， high admission difficulty， and can’t afford the cost of living， making it closer to legitimate culture than to counterculture． In addition， it is showed the difficulty for capturing cultural omnivorousness or music tastes using survey data， because the results differ considerably between the questions asked in the multi-answer format and those asked in the open-ended format， a more detailed survey design will be required in the future．

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