Exploration of Music Preferences among the Socioeconomic Stereotypes: A Cross-Sectional Study

Autor: B. I. L. M. Mendis, P. A. D. S. Palihaderu, Dilan Amila Satharasinghe, J. M. K. J. K. Premarathne, Arosha S Dissanayake, Harshini Rajapakse, Panduka Karunanayake, Upul Senarath, Wasana Wijesuriya, Swee Yeap Keong, Wang Yong Ho, Wasantha Subasinghe, W K R R Dias
Rok vydání: 2021
Zdroj: Journal of Advanced Research in Social Sciences. 4:1-18
ISSN: 2538-919X
DOI: 10.33422/jarss.v4i4.540
Popis: Music preference is being influenced by various sociological factors. This study was undertaken to investigate music preferences across five different socio-economic classes in selected urban and suburban areas of Sri Lanka. Ten music tracks representing the correspondent musical genres were selected. The single most preferred and the weighted hedonic mean score for the genres in each class were obtained as upper class: jazz, upper middle class: nature music, middle class: popular instrumental, working class: popular instrumental and poor class: rock. The interaction between socio-economic classes and genres was significant (p
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