An ongoing collection of projects about the relationships between musical cultural production and widespread beliefs about success, social status, and meritocracy.
Music & Meritocracy
Luca Carbone
Postdoctoral researcher
Posts
List of works on music tastes
Articles and books about interdisciplinary approaches to music tastes.
Publications
Book Review: Getting Signed: Record Contracts, Musicians, and Power in Society
Getting Signed is a book that builds a powerful critique of one of the biggest and most influential music industries worldwide, …
Sounds like meritocracy to my ears: Exploring the link between inequality in popular music and personal culture
Economic inequality is on the rise in Western societies and ‘meritocracy’ remains a widespread narrative used to justify it. An …
Talks
73rd conference of the International Communication Association (ICA)
Music artists are crucial sources of inspiration about what it means to be successful and to have a high status. Previous literature …
Etmaal van de Communicatiewetenschap 2023
Music artists are crucial sources of inspiration about what it means to be successful and to have a high status. Previous literature …
21st conference of the International Association for the Study of Popoular Music (IASPM)
Luxurious goods, such as cars and jewels, are believed to be the main indicators of status in popular music (Primack et al., 2011). …
Day of Sociology (NSV)
During adolescence, music becomes a central source of identity building. Developmental changes, such as increased abstract thinking, …
72nd conference of the International Communication Association (ICA)
Meritocracy is a pervasive narrative in popular culture. Yet, its presence in music has received scarce attention. This study analyzes …
Etmaal van de Communicatiewetenschap 2022
Meritocracy is a pervasive narrative in popular culture. Yet, its presence in music has received scarce attention. This study analyzes …
116th Virtual Annual Meeting (ASA)
Economic inequality is on the rise in Western societies and ‘meritocracy’ remains a widespread narrative used to justify it. An …
7th International Conference on Computational Social Science IC2S2
Economic inequality is on the rise in Western societies and ‘meritocracy’ remains a widespread narrative used to justify it. An …
4th Joint Interdisciplinary Graduate Conference
Economic inequality is on the rise in Western societies and ‘meritocracy’ remains a widespread narrative used to justify it. An …