Education and cultural consumption in Tehran

One of the common ways to identifying and representing himself, especially in the modern age, cultural consumption. Often people in cultural consumption, types of commodities and precious symbols, in order to create favorable images of themselves in the minds of others are taking.The choice of specific pattern of cultural consumption, cultural preferences or practices, the need for cultural resources or cultural capital. Thus cultural consumption needs for resources and cultural capital. One way of achieving cultural resources and cultural capital through education and informal education and knowledge accumulation.
The aim of this study was to investigate differences in cultural consumption and cultural consumption patterns based on different levels of education among the citizens of Tehran. Different levels of education, shows of resources and cultural capital. This study is a secondary analysis.
Results indicate that among the various levels of education and cultural consumption, there is a significant difference. The results show that with increased education, increased consumption of cultural products. So that the higher the education, the use of visual features, listening to music and going to the cinema and theater level has increased. Finally, cultural consumption levels and consumption rates and patterns varied among people with different education. So we can say, education and cultural assets in the accumulation of resources, causing formation of certain forms of cultural consumption is he.