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Article on genre preferences

Firnafth

Firnafth

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While browsing the web, I found this news article reporting on research which found that peoples' interests in certain genres spreads across medium lines (book, film, music) and that interest in a certain genre is related to personality.

I thought it made a lot of sense (but not quite "duh"), and it made me feel better about my tastes in entertainment, which I feel embarrassed about sometimes. It's just my personality!

http://www.miller-mccune.com/media/it-turns-out-there-is-accounting-for-taste-21981/
 
Are they nuts? Classifying sci fi as "low brow"?
While current events are labeled highbrow.
I think of current events as world wide gossip.

"Aesthetic (which includes classical music, art films and poetry),
cerebral (current events, documentaries),

communal (romantic comedies, pop music, daytime talk shows),
dark (heavy metal music, horror movies) and
thrilling (action-adventure films, thrillers, science fiction).

The first two fall under the general heading of highbrow, while the final three are labeled lowbrow."

http://www.psmag.com/business-economics/it-turns-out-there-is-accounting-for-taste-21981
 
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