@misc{10481/62532,
year = {2020},
month = {2},
url = {http://hdl.handle.net/10481/62532},
abstract = {Adults listen to music for an average of 18 hours a week (with some people reaching more
than double that). With rapidly changing technology, music collections have become overwhelmingly digital ushering in changes in listening habits, especially when it comes to listening on personal devices. By using interactive visualizations, descriptive analysis and
thematic analysis, this project aims to explore why people download and listen to music and
which aspects of the music listening experience are prioritized when people talk about tracks
on their device. Using a newly developed data collection method, Shuffled Play, 397 participants answered open-ended and closed research questions through a short online questionnaire after shuffling their music library and playing two pieces as prompts for reflections.
The findings of this study highlight that when talking about tracks on their personal devices,
people prioritise characterizing them using sound and musical features and associating
them with the informational context around them (artist, album, and genre) over their emotional responses to them. The results also highlight that people listen to and download
music because they like it–a straightforward but important observation that is sometimes
glossed over in previous research. These findings have implications for future work in understanding music, its uses and its functions in peoples’ everyday lives.},
organization = {This work is funded by the EU H2020
 programme (ga No. 743623). NS has been
 supported by HEartS, a project funded by the UK’s
 Arts and Humanities Research Council to
 investigate the health, economic and social impact
 of the arts (grant ref. AH/P005888/1) to MMS. The
 funder had no role in study design, data collection
 and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of
 the manuscript.},
publisher = {Public Library of Science},
title = {Do the shuffle: Exploring reasons for music listening through shuffled play},
doi = {10.1371/journal.pone.0228457},
author = {Sanfilippo, Katie Rose and Molina Solana, Miguel José},
}