THE IMPORTANCE OF THE SOCIAL NETWORK How important are the various persons in an adolescent s social environment on ’ matters of taste? Using a 10-point scale, the respondents rated the importance of persons occupying particular social roles in their lives (e.g., mother, best same- sex friend, acquaintances, teachers) to their orientation in the fields of (1) music, (2) reading matter, (3) film and television and (4) art and culture. Figure 1 provides an imager of the importance of the various persons in the adolescent s social network in the four fields of taste when considered together. ’ Separate factor analyses for each of the 11 social rules indicated that scores for the four areas of culture formed discrete factors, with Cronbach a ranging from .73 to .85. The girls credited their inner circle of peers- their best same-sex friend, boyfriend, other friends and sisters- as having a much greater overall influence on their preferences than did the boys. There wass no difference between boys and girls regarding the persons who play a more secondary role. Thus the boys did not consider their fathers more important than did the girls, and nor did the girls attach more importance than the boys to their mothers. Within the family the girls were more oriented towards persons of the same sex than were the boys: the girls rated their mother as more important than their father, and their sisters as more influential than their brothers, while the boys attached equal significance to their two parents, as well as brothers and sisters. The boys viewed all members of their immediate family as equally important, whereas the girls reported differences in this regard, identyfying their sisters as clearly the most important and their father as the least important. These result that parents play a relatively modest role in the area of taste, a role that is comparable to that of classmates and media figures, while the role of acquaintances and teachers is marginal. A young person s best same-sex friend, in the case of both ’ boys and girls, appears to be by far the most important references person. When the four areas of taste were considered individually, the difference in importance between the respondent s best friend and parents was most ’ pronounced in the area of music, followed by film and television and then reading material. In the field of art and culture, the best friend and parents did not differ in importance. In the following I concentrate on the tastes of the adolescent respondents in relation to those of key figures in their social environment: father, mother and best same-sex friend. Is the important position of the bestfriend also expressed in a strong correspondence in taste between best friends? Are young persons and their parents totally opposed in matters of taste, as is suggested in some analyses of youth culture and subculture ( Hall and Jefferson, 1976)
THE IMPORTANCE OF THE SOCIAL NETWORK How important are the
various persons in an adolescents social environment on matters of
taste? Using a 10-point scale, the respondents rated the importance
of persons occupying particular social roles in their lives (e.g.,
mother, best same-sex friend, acquaintances, teachers) to their
orientation in the fields of (1) music, (2) reading matter, (3)
film and television and (4) art and culture. Figure 1 provides an
imager of the importance of the various persons in the adolescents
social network in the four fields of taste when considered
together. Separate factor analyses for each of the 11 social rules
indicated that scores for the four areas of culture formed discrete
factors, with Cronbach a ranging from .73 to .85.The girls credited
their inner circle of peers- their best same-sex friend, boyfriend,
other friends and sisters- as having a much greater overall
influence on their preferences than did the boys. There wass no
difference between boys and girls regarding the persons who play a
more secondary role. Thus the boys did not consider their fathers
more important than did the girls, and nor did the girls attach
more importance than the boys to their mothers. Within the family
the girls were more oriented towards persons of the same sex than
were the boys: the girls rated their mother as more important than
their father, and their sisters as more influential than their
brothers, while the boys attached equal significance to their two
parents, as well as brothers and sisters. The boys viewed all
members of their immediate family as equally important, whereas the
girls reported differences in this regard, identyfying their
sisters as clearly the most important and their father as the least
important. These result that parents play a relatively modest role
in the area of taste, a role that is comparable to that of
classmates and media figures, while the role of acquaintances and
teachers is marginal. A young persons best same-sex friend, in the
case of both boys and girls, appears to be by far the most
important references person.When the four areas of taste were
considered individually, the difference in importance between the
respondents best friend and parents was most pronounced in the area
of music, followed by film and television and then reading
material. In the field of art and culture, the best friend and
parents did not differ in importance.In the following I concentrate
on the tastes of the adolescent respondents in relation to those of
key figures in their social environment: father, mother and best
same-sex friend. Is the important position of the bestfriend also
expressed in a strong correspondence in taste between best friends?
Are young persons and their parents totally opposed in matters of
taste, as is suggested in some analyses of youth culture and
subculture ( Hall and Jefferson, 1976)
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