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Konkurs Piosenki Eurowizji jako przedmiot badania socjologicznego
Eurovision Song Contest as an object of a sociological study

Author(s): Daniel Pałuba
Subject(s): Politics / Political Sciences, Social Sciences, Psychology, Civil Society, Sociology, Social psychology and group interaction, Human Ecology, Sociology of Culture, Sociology of the arts, business, education, Social Norms / Social Control
Published by: Wydział Socjologii Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego
Keywords: Eurovision Song Contest; cultural capital; cultural reproduction; cultural distinction

Summary/Abstract: This paper makes an attempt to prove that analyzing the results of the Eurovision Song Contest can be useful for sociologists. For this purpose, the author uses the division of tastes into legitimate, middle-brow and popular and examines whether this division is reflected among those voting in the Eurovision Song Contest. The author also presents the history of the Eurovision Song Contest and distinguishes Jurors Eurovision, Public Eurovision, Transitional Eurovision and Mixed Eurovision. Each of them confirms the correctness of the above-mentioned division of tastes.

  • Issue Year: 12/2020
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 147-159
  • Page Count: 13
  • Language: Polish
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