Lazarsfeld privileged music in the radio project to soften controversial findings
Evidence
The project was to concentrate on four main areas of radio programming: music, book-reading, news and politics. But Lazarsfeld soon gave a special place to the area of music. Radio ought to be seen against the general background of American culture and society, and Lazarsfeld thought the controversial results to be expected from such an analysis would be more acceptable if they were developed on the basis of music. — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School, 997
Categorization
- XREF: connects to: Lazarsfeld chose music as the safest domain for controversial radio research. — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School: Its History,…, 997; Lazarsfeld deliberately carved out theory-friendly space for European critical music research. — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School: Its History,…, 985; Lazarsfeld’s methodological flexibility allowed reconciliation of radical research with institutional demands — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School: Its History,…, 1000
Broader Connections
- Lazarsfeld chose music as the safest domain for controversial radio research.
#expands(0.95) — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School, 997 - Lazarsfeld’s methodological flexibility allowed reconciliation of radical research with institutional demands
#exemplifies(0.90) — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School, 1000 - Lazarsfeld deliberately carved out theory-friendly space for European critical music research.
#expands(0.85) — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School, 985