Musical Taste and Ingroup Favouritism
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Musical taste is thought to function as a social `badge' of group membership, contributing to an individual's sense of social identity. Following from this, social identity theory predicts that individuals should perceive and behave more favourably towards those perceived to share their musical taste than towards those who do not. The findings of two studies supported these predictions. The first showed that stereotypes of the fans of different musical styles demonstrate ingroup favouritism, and the second study used the minimal group paradigm to show that individuals allocate greater rewards to those believed to share their musical taste. This suggests that those who share our musical taste are likely to be considered ingroup members, and should be subject to ingroup favouritism.
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The present finding that younger listeners listen alone less fits with the idea that music sharing is used as a way to convey information about ourselves to others.
“The present finding that younger listeners listen alone less also fits with the idea that music sharing is used to as a way to convey information about ourselves to others (Rentfrow and Gosling, 2003, 2006; Lonsdale and North, 2009).”
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- Authors
- Lonsdale, A. J., & North, A. C.
- Affiliations
- Heriot-Watt University (GB)
- Corresponding author
- Lonsdale, Adam J.
- Venue
- Group Processes & Intergroup Relations
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications
- Published
- 2009-04-17
- Volume
- 12
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 319-327
- ISSN
- 1368-4302 (ISSN-L)
- 1461-7188
- OpenAlex
- W2111400493
- Cited by
- 96
- References
- 0
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- FWCI
- 11.19
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- hdl.handle.net
- Locations
- Group Processes & Intergroup Relations (publishedVersion)
- eSpace (Curtin University) (submittedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Social and Intergroup Psychology
- Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › Music › Music History and Culture
- Social Sciences › Business, Management and Accounting › Marketing › Consumer Behavior in Brand Consumption and Identification
- Keywords
- musical taste, in-group favoritism, social identity, social identity theory, stereotypes, minimal group paradigm, reward allocation
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