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    myTunes: Digital music library users and their self-images

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    Authors
    Hargreaves, David
    Krause, Amanda
    Date
    2012
    Type
    Journal Article
    
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    Hargreaves, David and Krause, Amanda. 2012. myTunes: Digital music library users and their self-images. Psychology of Music. 41 (5): pp. 531-544.
    Source Title
    Psychology of Music
    DOI
    10.1177/0305735612440612
    ISSN
    0305-7356
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    NOTICE: This is the author’s version of a work in which changes resulting from the publishing process, such as peer review, editing, corrections, structural formatting, and other quality control mechanisms may not be reflected in this document. Changes may have been made to this work since it was submitted for publication.

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    http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/43335
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    • Curtin Research Publications
    Abstract

    This investigation explored the relationships between individuals’ self-images and their interactions with their digital music collections via the commercially predominant program iTunes. Sixty-nine university students completed an internet-based Musical Self-Images Questionnaire (MSIQ) along with a series of questions concerning their iTunes collections. The majority of participants were highly engaged with music, regardless of their varied musical backgrounds. Factor analysis of the MSIQ data revealed two distinct self-image groups, which we label as ‘musical practitioner’ (linking ‘overall musician’, ‘performer’, ‘composer’, ‘teacher’, and ‘listener’) and ‘music consumer’ (linking ‘listener’, ‘fan’, and ‘technology user’). Participants used an average of seven attributes to categorize their music, and most consistently used one in particular to sort their collections. Those who rated themselves as higher level performers and fans used the playlist function (which involves compiling sequences of selected tracks) more often than those with lower self-ratings on those scales.

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