Music-listening in everyday life: Devices and choice

Utilizing the Experience Sampling Method, this research investigated how individuals encounter music in everyday life. Responding to two text messages sent at random times between 8:00 and 23:00 daily for one week, 177 participants completed self-reports online regarding their experience with any mu...

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Main Authors: Krause, Amanda, North, Adrian, Hewitt, Lauren
Format: Journal Article
Published: Sage Publications Ltd. 2015
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/30707
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description Utilizing the Experience Sampling Method, this research investigated how individuals encounter music in everyday life. Responding to two text messages sent at random times between 8:00 and 23:00 daily for one week, 177 participants completed self-reports online regarding their experience with any music heard within a two-hour period prior to receipt of the message. Overall, the radio, mobile MP3 players, and computers featured prominently. Detailed analyses revealed significant patterns in device usage based on time of day; ratings of the music in terms of choice, liking, arousal, and attention; mood; and the perceived consequences of the music. While feeling lethargic associated with recorded music broadcasted in public, in contrast personal music collections promoted contentment. Similarly, devices allowing for personal input were met with positive consequences, like motivation. The current findings imply that the greater control that technology affords leads to complex patterns of everyday music usage, and that listeners are active consumers rather than passive listeners.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-307072017-09-13T15:07:15Z Music-listening in everyday life: Devices and choice Krause, Amanda North, Adrian Hewitt, Lauren music listening device everyday life choice experience sampling method Utilizing the Experience Sampling Method, this research investigated how individuals encounter music in everyday life. Responding to two text messages sent at random times between 8:00 and 23:00 daily for one week, 177 participants completed self-reports online regarding their experience with any music heard within a two-hour period prior to receipt of the message. Overall, the radio, mobile MP3 players, and computers featured prominently. Detailed analyses revealed significant patterns in device usage based on time of day; ratings of the music in terms of choice, liking, arousal, and attention; mood; and the perceived consequences of the music. While feeling lethargic associated with recorded music broadcasted in public, in contrast personal music collections promoted contentment. Similarly, devices allowing for personal input were met with positive consequences, like motivation. The current findings imply that the greater control that technology affords leads to complex patterns of everyday music usage, and that listeners are active consumers rather than passive listeners. 2015 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/30707 10.1177/0305735613496860 Sage Publications Ltd. fulltext
spellingShingle music
listening device
everyday life
choice
experience sampling method
Krause, Amanda
North, Adrian
Hewitt, Lauren
Music-listening in everyday life: Devices and choice
title Music-listening in everyday life: Devices and choice
title_full Music-listening in everyday life: Devices and choice
title_fullStr Music-listening in everyday life: Devices and choice
title_full_unstemmed Music-listening in everyday life: Devices and choice
title_short Music-listening in everyday life: Devices and choice
title_sort music-listening in everyday life: devices and choice
topic music
listening device
everyday life
choice
experience sampling method
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/30707