I am Punk A Prototype Analysis of Identity in the Punk Music Subculture

Noelle Neemeh

Date of Award

2011

Document Type

Thesis

Degree Name

Bachelors

Department

Social Sciences

First Advisor

Graham, Steven

Keywords

Punk, Identity, Prototype Analysis, Group, Identity Fusion, Organizational Identification

Area of Concentration

Psychology

Abstract

The present research looked at group and individual identity in the punk music subculture through a prototype analysis and through various measures (identity fusion and organizational identification). In the first study, a list was compiled of features that individuals saw as a description of the punk subculture. In the second study, participants had to rate how central they felt each word on a compiled list was to their concept of punks and themselves, as well as how positively or negatively they viewed it. Participants then completed measures for group identification. The results of Studies 1 and 2 indicate that punk identity does have a prototype structure and that members conceive of their group identity in very broad concepts. Findings are discussed in relation to theories of group and individual identity, and in relation to length of membership and positivity ratings of punk prototypical features.

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