Inhalt

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   02 Combined_12052026.pdf
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   List of Publications
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   Abstract
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   Chapter 1: Introduction to the Dissertation
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   1.1. General theoretical framework
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   1.1.1. Social distinctions and symbolic significance
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   1.1.2. Social influence in cultural markets
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   1.2. Summary of studies
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   1.3. Limitations
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   1.4. Conclusion and discussion
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   1.5. Bibliography
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   Chapter 2: Educational Mobility and Cultural Omnivorousness in Germany
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   2.
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   2.1. Introduction
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   2.2. Literature review and hypothesis development
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  2.3. Data, operationalization, methods
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   2.
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   2.1.
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   2.2.
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   2.3.1. Data
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  2.3.2. Operationalization and methods
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   2.3.2.1. Dependent variables: less legitimate taste in music
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   2.3.2.2. Dependent variables: cultural omnivorousness
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   2.3.2.3. Independent variables: education and educational mobility
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   2.3.2.4. Control variables
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   2.3.2.5. Methods
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  2.4. Results
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   2.4.1. Predicting preferences for more and less legitimate music genres (H1)
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  2.4.2. Predicting cultural omnivorousness score by educational mobility (H2)
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   2.4.2.1. Omnivorousness score as dependent variable
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   2.4.2.2. The probability of membership in the omnivore class as a dependent variable
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   2.5. Conclusion and discussion
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   2.6. Bibliography
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   Appendix A. Measures in ALLBUS 2014
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   Appendix B. Descriptive statistics
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   Appendix C. Model fit of LCA models
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   Appendix D. Preferences for more and less legitimate music genres
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   Chapter 3: Cultural Omnivorousness in Ukraine: Examining Relationships with Social Indicators via Literary Preferences among Readers
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   3.
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   3.1. Introduction
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  3.2. Theoretical framework
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   3.2.1. Overview of previous studies
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   3.2.2. Cultural omnivorousness beyond the Western Euro-American context
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  3.3. Data, operationalization, and methods
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   3.3.1. Data
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   3.3.2. Operationalization
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   3.3.3. Methods
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  3.4. Results
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   3.4.1. Cultural omnivorousness score
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   3.4.2. Latent class of omnivores
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   3.4.3. Descriptive analysis of cultural omnivorousness score by social groups
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   3.4.4. Regression analysis for cultural omnivorousness score
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   3.5. Conclusion and discussion
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   3.6. Bibliography
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   Appendix A. Statistics
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   Appendix B. Mean volume of taste by groups
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   Chapter 4: Cultural Omnivorousness in the Domains of Music, Film, and Literature: Evidence for a Partial Overlap
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   4.
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   4.1. Introduction
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   4.2. The concept of cultural omnivorousness and its ambiguity
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  4.3. Data, operationalization, and methodology
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   4.3.1. Data
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   4.3.2. Operationalization
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   4.3.3. Methodology
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  4.4. Results
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   4.4.1. Descriptive statistics
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   4.4.2. Deciding on the number of classes
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   4.4.3. Interpreting the latent classes
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   4.4.4. Comparing omnivorousness across domains
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   4.4.5. The socio-demographic characteristics of the most omnivorous classes
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   4.5. Conclusion and discussion
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   4.6. Bibliography
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   Appendix A. Genres in the domains of music, film, and literature
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   Appendix B. Statistics
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   Appendix C. Model fit statistics
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   Appendix D. The socio-demographic characteristics of the most omnivorous classes, descriptive analysis
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   Appendix E. Results from the fractional regression
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   Chapter 5: Curtains Up: How Ukrainians Turned to Theater During the War
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   5.
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   5.1. Introduction
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   5.2. Sociological lens on theater attendance
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   5.3. The context of war
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  5.4. Methodology and data collection
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   5.4.1. Selection of theaters
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   5.4.2. RQ1: sample selection and analytic strategy
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   5.4.3. RQ2: sample selection and analytic strategy
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   5.5. Results: search interests underline the relatively high popularity of theaters (RQ1)
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  5.6. Results: topic modeling (RQ2)
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   5.6.1. Identifying the number of topics
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   5.6.2. Interpreting the topics
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   5.6.3. Correlation of topics
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   5.6.4. Time effect on expected topic proportions
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   5.6.5. Further interpretation: theater attendance as escapist coping patterns?
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   5.6.6. Further interpretation: a new wave of consumer citizenship?
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   5.6.7. Further interpretation: reactualization of authenticity?
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   5.7. Conclusion and discussion
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   5.8. Bibliography
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   Appendix A. Tables
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   Appendix B. Keywords
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   Chapter 6: Detailing Social Influence in Predicting Cinema Attendance: A Vignette Approach
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   6.
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   6.
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   6.1. Introduction
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   6.2. Literature review and hypothesis development
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   6.2.1. Social influence in the movie market
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   6.2.2. Hypotheses
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  6.3. Design, data and methods
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   6.3.1. Design of the factorial survey
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   6.3.2. Data
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   6.3.3. Methods
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   6.4. Results
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   6.4.1. Vignette level
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   6.4.2. Respondent level
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   6.4.3. Interactions between vignette and respondent levels
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   6.5. Conclusion and discussion
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   6.6. Bibliography
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   Appendix A. Example of vignettes, English language
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   Appendix B. Example of vignettes, German language
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   Appendix C. Respondent-level variables
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   Appendix D. Descriptive statistics
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   Appendix E. Regression tables
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   Chapter 7: Exploring Personal Recommendations from New Contacts in the Movie Market
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   7.
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   7.1. Introduction
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   7.2. Social influence in the movie market
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   7.2.1. Personal network and digitalized environment
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   7.2.2. Genres and gender-essentialist beliefs
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   7.2.3. Cultural hierarchy and status perception
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   7.2.4. In-group favoritism: gender and migration background
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   7.2.5. Extensive involvement and diversity of taste as a sign of expert taste
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   7.3. Study design
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   7.4. Results
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   7.4.1. Moderation effect: advisor’s gender # respondent’s gender (H3a, H3b)
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   7.4.2. Moderation effect: advisor’s migration background # respondent’s migration background (H4a, H4b)
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   7.4.3. Moderation effect: advisor’s involvement in the movie watching # respondent’s omnivorousness (H6)
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   7.5. Conclusion and discussion
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   7.6. Bibliography
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   Appendix A. Photos used in the vignette studies
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   Appendix B. Respondent-level variables
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   Appendix C. Statistics
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   Appendix D. Regressions with random intercept and fixed slope
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   Appendix E. Illustration of vignettes
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   Type: Cumulative Dissertation Author: Yevhen Voronin Disputation: 13.05.2026
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   Institute of Sociology Faculty of Human and Social Sciences University of Wuppertal