Concert hall or living room? Exploring the differences in the social structuring of private and public music consumption

The general aim of this paper is to investigate the interplay of public versus private arts participation by analyzing musical consumption both in the concert hall and at home in the private sphere. The central focus is on whether they have different social correlates, different social structuring. More specifically, are gender, age, educational attainment and occupational status differently related to public and private musical consumption? Using the data of a large scale survey on arts participation in Flanders (n = 2,848), the private and public participation to 13 musical genres is analyzed. I use multiple correspondance analysis to explore and probe into the complex dynamics of public and private musical consumption.The general aim of this paper is to investigate the interplay of public versus private arts participation by analyzing musical consumption both in the concert hall and at home in the private sphere. The central focus is on whether they have different social correlates, different social structuring. More specifically, are gender, age, educational attainment and occupational status differently related to public and private musical consumption? Using the data of a large scale survey on arts participation in Flanders (n = 2,848), the private and public participation to 13 musical genres is analyzed. I use multiple correspondance analysis to explore and probe into the complex dynamics of public and private musical consumption.C