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2007

Communication Technology and New Media

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Capital, Consumption, Communication, And Citizenship: The Social Positioning Of Taste And Civic Culture In The United States, Lewis Friedland, Dhavan Shah, Nam-Jin Lee, Mark Rademacher, Lucy Atkinson, Thomas Hove Dec 2006

Capital, Consumption, Communication, And Citizenship: The Social Positioning Of Taste And Civic Culture In The United States, Lewis Friedland, Dhavan Shah, Nam-Jin Lee, Mark Rademacher, Lucy Atkinson, Thomas Hove

Mark A. Rademacher

In this paper, we analyze the field of cultural consumption in the United States, drawing on the methods of correspondence analysis employed by Bourdieu (1979/1984). Using the 2000 DDB Lifestyle Study, we analyze a cross section of Americans (N=3,122) in terms of their occupational categories, media usage, consumption practices, social behaviors, and indicators of civic and political engagement. In doing so, we find many parallels to the determinants of taste, cultural discrimination, and choice within the field structure observed by Bourdieu in 1960s French society, though there are also some notable differences, consistent with Peterson and Kern's (1996) concept of …


Política Cultura, George Yudice Dec 2006

Política Cultura, George Yudice

George Yúdice

No abstract provided.


Culture, George Yudice Dec 2006

Culture, George Yudice

George Yúdice

No abstract provided.


Nuevas Tecnologías, Música Y Experiencia, George Yudice Dec 2006

Nuevas Tecnologías, Música Y Experiencia, George Yudice

George Yúdice

No abstract provided.