Music listening in everyday life: Devices, selection methods, and digital technology

Two studies considered whether psychological variables could predict everyday music listening practices more than those demographic and technology-related variables studied predominantly hitherto. Study 1 focused on music-listening devices, while Study 2 focused on music selection strategies (e.g. p...

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Main Authors: Krause, Amanda, north, A.
Format: Journal Article
Published: 2015
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/24228
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description Two studies considered whether psychological variables could predict everyday music listening practices more than those demographic and technology-related variables studied predominantly hitherto. Study 1 focused on music-listening devices, while Study 2 focused on music selection strategies (e.g. playlists). Study 1 indicated the existence of a one-dimensional identity based on music technology. Further, psychological variables (such as innovativeness and self-efficacy) predicted whether individuals possess such an identity. Moreover, while psychological variables predicted whether individuals preferred ‘familiarized’ advantages inherent to listening devices, a preference for ‘progressive’ advantages was predicted by technological behaviors. Study 2 supported the first study in terms of identity, and demonstrated that a different pattern of variables predicted playlist listening from listening to music via shuffle. More generally, the findings suggest the utility of applying constructs from consumer psychology to everyday music-listening behaviors.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-242282017-09-13T15:06:01Z Music listening in everyday life: Devices, selection methods, and digital technology Krause, Amanda north, A. Two studies considered whether psychological variables could predict everyday music listening practices more than those demographic and technology-related variables studied predominantly hitherto. Study 1 focused on music-listening devices, while Study 2 focused on music selection strategies (e.g. playlists). Study 1 indicated the existence of a one-dimensional identity based on music technology. Further, psychological variables (such as innovativeness and self-efficacy) predicted whether individuals possess such an identity. Moreover, while psychological variables predicted whether individuals preferred ‘familiarized’ advantages inherent to listening devices, a preference for ‘progressive’ advantages was predicted by technological behaviors. Study 2 supported the first study in terms of identity, and demonstrated that a different pattern of variables predicted playlist listening from listening to music via shuffle. More generally, the findings suggest the utility of applying constructs from consumer psychology to everyday music-listening behaviors. 2015 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/24228 10.1177/0305735614559065 fulltext
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Music listening in everyday life: Devices, selection methods, and digital technology
title Music listening in everyday life: Devices, selection methods, and digital technology
title_full Music listening in everyday life: Devices, selection methods, and digital technology
title_fullStr Music listening in everyday life: Devices, selection methods, and digital technology
title_full_unstemmed Music listening in everyday life: Devices, selection methods, and digital technology
title_short Music listening in everyday life: Devices, selection methods, and digital technology
title_sort music listening in everyday life: devices, selection methods, and digital technology
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/24228