The social gradient in cultural consumption and the information-processing hypothesis

Patterns of cultural consumption have a strong social gradient which is primarily driven by education, but what explains these educational differences in cultural preferences remains unclear. Explanations based on information processing capacity have gained widespread currency; the perceived cognitive ‘difficulty’ of both appreciating high culture, and of maintaining broad, omnivorous tastes. If, on average, high culture is more complex than low culture then a higher level of information processing capacity may be required to derive enjoyment from it. In contrast, socialization theories suggest that exposure to ‘high’ culture, may explain this gradient, particularly among university graduates with degrees in the Arts or Humanities. To test these two theories we use the Cultural Capital and Social Exclusion survey (n = 1,079) and estimate the association between degree type and measures of cultural preference and consumption, including: film directors, artists, and cultural participation. Compared to non-graduates, arts, humanities, and social science graduates are more likely to enjoy highbrow directors and artists, and are more likely to be cultural omnivores; while graduates from other subjects are not clearly distinct from non-graduates in their cultural preferences. These findings suggest that information processing plays a minor role in shaping the social gradient in cultural consumption

Facile synthesis of a mesoporous benzothiadiazole-COF based on a transesterification process

The synthesis of a new mesoporous BTD-COF based on a transesterification reaction was carried out in a two step microwave synthesis procedure in only 40 min: first the pinacolboronate 4,7-bis4-(4,4,5,5)-tetramethyl-1,3,2]dioxaborolan-2-yl)-phenyl]-be nzo1,2,5]-thiadiazole (BTDBE) was cleaved with HCl, in a second step addition of hexahydroxytriphenylene (HHTP) resulted in the growth of the crystalline framework with high surface area and a pore size of about 4 nm

Facile synthesis of a mesoporous benzothiadiazole-COF based on a transesterification process

The synthesis of a new mesoporous BTD-COF based on a transesterification reaction was carried out in a two step microwave synthesis procedure in only 40 min: first the pinacolboronate 4,7-bis4-(4,4,5,5)-tetramethyl-1,3,2]dioxaborolan-2-yl)-phenyl]-be nzo1,2,5]-thiadiazole (BTDBE) was cleaved with HCl, in a second step addition of hexahydroxytriphenylene (HHTP) resulted in the growth of the crystalline framework with high surface area and a pore size of about 4 nm