Tang, Cheuk Pan. / "December 2010." / Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2011. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 95-101). / Abstracts in English and Chinese; some appendixes includes Chinese. / Abstract --- p.i / Abstract (Chinese Translation) --- p.ii / Acknowledgements --- p.iii / Contents --- p.iv / Chapter Chapter One --- Introduction --- p.1 / Chapter 1 --- Background and Issues --- p.1 / Chapter 1.1 --- Karaoke-A Big Business / Chapter 1.2 --- Karaoke's Significance within the Community / Chapter 2 --- Literature Review --- p.6 / Chapter 2.1 --- Medium of Karaoke / Chapter 2.1.1 --- MV / Chapter 2.1.2 --- Karaoke / Chapter 2.2 --- "Identities, Mass Society Theory and Mass Culture Theory" / Chapter 3 --- Methodology and Approach --- p.19 / Chapter 3.1 --- Research Questions and Analytical Framework / Chapter 3.2 --- Data Collection / Chapter 3.2.1 --- Participation Observation / Chapter 3.2.2 --- Individual Interviews and Group Discussion / Chapter 3.2.3 --- Other Findings - Questionnaires / Chapter 3.3 --- Limitations / Chapter 3.4 --- Translations / Chapter Chapter Two --- Cantopop and Karaoke Boxes in Hong Kong --- p.26 / Chapter 1 --- An overview of Cantopop in Hong Kong before Karaoke --- p.27 / Chapter 1.1 --- Change of Population of Hong Kong 1940s to 1970s / Chapter 1.2 --- Music of Hong Kong before 1970s / Chapter 1.3 --- Germination of Cantopop - 1970s / Chapter 1.4 --- Cantopop and Hong Kong 1980s / Chapter 1.5 --- "Cantopop and Hong Kong 1990s - 2000s, a Different Music Scene" / Chapter 2 --- A Historical Review of Karaoke Boxes Businesses in Hong Kong of the 1990s - 2000s --- p.38 / Chapter 2.1 --- Karaoke Boxes' Heyday and Exclusive Right Tryout / Chapter 2.2 --- Karaoke Boxes of the Big Two / Chapter 2.3 --- "Neway, California Red and K-net" / Chapter 3 --- Implication of the Development of Cantopop and Karaoke Box Businesses --- p.45 / Chapter 4 --- Karaoke Boxes - A Reflection of Consumption Culture of Hong Kong --- p.46 / Chapter 4.1 --- Indoor Consumption Culture / Chapter 4.2 --- Standardization and Personalization / Chapter 4.3 --- Fast Food Culture / Chapter 4.4 --- From Businessmen to Consumer / Chapter Chapter Three --- Overwhelming of the Karaoke Boxes Chains in Hong Kong --- p.51 / Chapter 1 --- A common Term: K-Song --- p.54 / Chapter 2 --- Interviews and Discussions of K-Song --- p.58 / Chapter 2.1 --- Individuals / Chapter 2.2 --- Group Discussions / Chapter 3 --- The implication of the Term K-Song --- p.61 / Chapter 3.1 --- """I am not one of them"" - As a Tool for Construction of Identity" / Chapter Chapter Four --- The Karaoke's Goers in Hong Kong --- p.66 / Chapter 1 --- Emotional Satisfaction of a Performer in a Karaoke Room --- p.66 / Chapter 1.1 --- Lyrics and Role Play / Chapter 1.2 --- Desire to Perform / Chapter 2 --- Audience in Karaoke --- p.73 / Chapter 2.1 --- A Desirable Place for Social Gathering / Chapter 2.2 --- Certainties in Karaoke Boxes as a Social Activity / Chapter 2.3 --- Bonding between Participants in the Karaoke Room / Chapter 3 --- Why Karaoke? Intention and Behavior in Karaoke Room --- p.77 / Chapter 3.1 --- Results from Interviews and Questionnaires / Chapter 3.2 --- Interpretation of Results from Participant Observation: Affect and Cognition of Customers towards Karaoke Boxes 4 The Goer's Goal --- p.80 / Chapter Chapter Five --- Conclusion --- p.84 / Chapter Appendix I --- Questions Used in Interviews and Discussions --- p.88 / Chapter Appendix II --- Questionnaires Used --- p.89 / Chapter Appendix III --- Summary of Questionnaire Results --- p.91 / Chapter Appendix IV --- Phonetic Transcriptions & English Translations of Chinese Terms --- p.93 / Bibliography --- p.95

The study sought to determine the relationships of preference responses to grade, gender, familiarity, musical training, peers'/parents' listening habits, music media use, and listening contexts. Grade six through nine Hong Kong students (N = 310) completed the audio preference test followed by verbal responses to training, peers'/parents' preferences, leisure/music media involvement, and listening context. Results indicated: The preferred genres, in descending order, were Western pop/rock, Cantopop/rock, Western classical; the disliked genres were jazz, Chinese, and non- Western/non-Chinese. Preference correlated strongly with genre familiarity. Pop genres were the most familiar to all adolescents. The students' preference toward Western pop/rock and Cantopop/rock associated with several listening contexts: solitary listening, having great freedom to choose one's desired music for listening, listening to music in one's room, and listening to music as background activity. The adolescents expressed that their leisure activities were spent with their family and friends. However, they made it clear that music listening was a personal activity that very likely was listened to alone. On all listening occasions, the girls exhibited a more positive response than the boys did. With four to five hours daily leisure time, the adolescents watched TV for three to four hours while spending less than two hours on listening to recorded music, and less than an hour on listening to radio music, MTV/karaoke, and music websites. Cantopop/rock was the most pursued music style in terms of the records bought, concerts attended outside of school, their peers', and parents' most-listened-to music. Some weak correlations of preference with grade and gender were identified: the grade six students showed more tolerance to Chinese and non-Western/non-Chinese music. Boys preferred jazz more than the girls did. Private music study and extracurricular musical experiences related to Western classical and non-Western/non-Chinese music preferences whereas school music training failed to show any association with students' musical preference.

Chan, Pui Shan. / Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2011. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 113-118). / Abstracts in English and Chinese; appendixes includes Chinese. / Acknowledgements --- p.ii / Abstract --- p.iii / Chapter Chapter 1: --- The Political and Social Influence on the Development of Hong Kong Film Industry and the Cantonese Cinema in the 1950s and the 1960s --- p.1 / Chapter Chapter 2: --- Defining the Genre: Three Characteristics of Hong Kong Cantonese Youth Film --- p.24 / Chapter Chapter 3: --- The Functions and Characteristics of Song in Cantonese Youth Film --- p.53 / Chapter Chapter 4: --- The Modernity of Cantonese Cinema and the City (Hong Kong) --- p.87 / Chapter Conclusion: --- Hong Kong Cantonese Youth Film and the Construction of Identity --- p.104 / Appendix 1 --- p.107 / Appendix 2 --- p.109 / Appendix 3 --- p.111 / Bibliography --- p.112