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    The uses and gratifications of using Facebook music listening applications

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    Authors
    Krause, Amanda
    North, Adrian
    Heritage, Brody
    Date
    2014
    Type
    Journal Article
    
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    Krause, A. and North, A. and Heritage, B. 2014. The uses and gratifications of using Facebook music listening applications. Computers in Human Behavior. 39: pp. 71-77.
    Source Title
    Computers in Human Behavior
    DOI
    10.1016/j.chb.2014.07.001
    ISSN
    0747-5632
    School
    School of Psychology
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    NOTICE: This is the author’s version of a work that was accepted for publication in Computers in Human Behavior. 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. A definitive version was subsequently published in Computers in Human Behavior, Vol. 39. (2014). http://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2014.07.001

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    http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/44819
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    • Curtin Research Publications
    Abstract

    Despite rapid adoption of social media as a means of music listening, little is known about users’ motivations. This study applies the uses and gratifications approach to users’ motivations for using music listening applications on Facebook. Participants completed an online survey, and 153 out of 576 respondents indicated that they used a Facebook music listening application. A principal axis factor analysis identified three different motivations for this usage, namely entertainment, communication, and habitual diversion gratifications. The entertainment and communication gratifications replicate those found in prior uses and gratifications research concerning other social networking features, illustrating the strong similarity between uses of music and social media. However, the habitual diversion gratification may serve to distinguish listening applications from other features. Identifying and explaining these factors is relevant to social media users, musicians and application designers, as they explain what motivates a means of music listening that is gaining prominence.

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