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dc.contributor.authorHargreaves, David
dc.contributor.authorKrause, Amanda
dc.date.accessioned2017-01-30T15:06:42Z
dc.date.available2017-01-30T15:06:42Z
dc.date.created2013-03-20T08:52:22Z
dc.date.issued2012
dc.identifier.citationHargreaves, David and Krause, Amanda. 2012. myTunes: Digital music library users and their self-images. Psychology of Music. 41 (5): pp. 531-544.
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/43335
dc.identifier.doi10.1177/0305735612440612
dc.description.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.

dc.publisherSage Publications Ltd.
dc.titlemyTunes: Digital music library users and their self-images
dc.typeJournal Article
dcterms.source.volume4
dcterms.source.startPage1
dcterms.source.endPage14
dcterms.source.issn0305-7356
dcterms.source.titlePsychology of Music
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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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