Abstract This article explores contemporary film genre preferences through an in-depth sociological analysis of taste cultures in film preferences amongst youth aged 16–18 in Flanders (the northern Dutch-speaking part of Belgium). Building on a representative sample of 1015 respondents we statistically analyze the assumption that contemporary media audiences demonstrate mobility and that they are eager to shape their media consumption in accordance with their personal preferences. This article examines whether societal structures that have been found to reflect media preferences remain in place, or whether these structures have eroded with the (supposed) increase in individual choice – an argument often voiced in the context of convergence culture. An analysis of the variables gender, educational level and ethnicity illustrates that societal structures are still reflected through film genre preferences amongst Flemish youth.

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通过品味文化探索电影流派偏好：比利时法兰德斯青年电影消费调查

摘要本文通过对法兰德斯（比利时北部荷兰语地区）年龄在16-18岁的年轻人的电影喜好中的味觉文化进行深入的社会学分析，探讨了当代电影流派的喜好。以1015名受访者的代表性样本为基础，我们对当代媒体受众展示出流动性并渴望根据个人喜好来塑造媒体消费的假设进行统计分析。本文探讨了已经发现能够反映媒体偏好的社会结构是否依然存在，或者这些结构是否随着个人选择的（假设的）增加而受到侵蚀（在融合文化的背景下经常有人提出这一论点）。对性别变量的分析，