Authentic cult: media representations of cultural consumption and legitimization of cultural hierarchies
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F00216208%3A11240%2F24%3A10470784" target="_blank" >RIV/00216208:11240/24:10470784 - isvavai.cz</a>
Result on the web
<a href="https://verso.is.cuni.cz/pub/verso.fpl?fname=obd_publikace_handle&handle=k5gFz3gqoL" target="_blank" >https://verso.is.cuni.cz/pub/verso.fpl?fname=obd_publikace_handle&handle=k5gFz3gqoL</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/01634437231203880" target="_blank" >10.1177/01634437231203880</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Authentic cult: media representations of cultural consumption and legitimization of cultural hierarchies
Original language description
The article explores legitimization strategies related to cultural consumption in the Czech media space by comparing the representations of cultural products in influencer communication on social media and in legacy (print and online) media outlets. Departing from the theoretical debate on the intersection of cultural omnivorousness and the emergence of algorithmic culture, the article poses the question: what strategies do influencers on social media and journalists in legacy media outlets employ to present consumption of cultural products as legitimate, interesting, and cool? Based on qualitative content analysis of 10 Instagram profiles of prominent Czech influencers and culture sections of 10 Czech legacy media, it discusses two main discursive legitimization strategies: (1) the notion of authenticity, used by social media influencers and (2) the notion of cult, used by legacy media in two distinctive ways - as (a) legendary, part of the pop cultural canon and (b) new, contemporary, part of up-to-date cultural savviness.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
50401 - Sociology
Result continuities
Project
<a href="/en/project/GA19-12372S" target="_blank" >GA19-12372S: Cultural Capital: Legitimation Mechanisms and the Reproduction of Cultural Hierarchies</a><br>
Continuities
P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)
Others
Publication year
2024
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
Media, Culture and Society
ISSN
0163-4437
e-ISSN
1460-3675
Volume of the periodical
46
Issue of the periodical within the volume
3
Country of publishing house
US - UNITED STATES
Number of pages
16
Pages from-to
518-533
UT code for WoS article
001091012300001
EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-85174814009