The utilitarian and hedonic outcomes of music information seeking in everyday life


Autoria(s): Laplante, Audrey; Downie, J. Stephen
Data(s)

27/06/2016

27/06/2016

2011

Resumo

This qualitative study focuses on what contributes to making a music information-seeking experience satisfying in the context of everyday life. Data were collected through in-depth interviews conducted with 15 younger adults (18 to 29 years old). The analysis revealed that satisfaction could depend on both hedonic (i.e., experiencing pleasure) and utilitarian outcomes. It was found that two types of utilitarian outcomes contributed to satisfaction: (1) the acquisition of music, and (2) the acquisition of information about music. Information about music was gathered to (1) enrich the listening experience, (2) increase one's music knowledge, and/or (3) optimize future acquisition. This study contributes to a better understanding of music information-seeking behavior in recreational contexts. It also has implications for music information retrieval systems design: results suggest that these systems should be engaging, include a wealth of extra-musical information, allow users to navigate among music items, and encourage serendipitous encountering of music.

Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada; Andrew W. Mellon Foundation

Identificador

http://hdl.handle.net/1866/13953

10.1016/j.lisr.2010.11.002

http://hdl.handle.net/1866/13953

Idioma(s)

eng

Publicador

Elsevier

Relação

Library and Information Science Research;33 (3)

Palavras-Chave #comportement dans la recherche d'information #recherche d'information musicale #everyday-life information-seeking behaviour #music information retrieval
Tipo

journal article

article

Contribuinte(s)

Université de Montréal. Faculté des arts et des sciences. École de bibliothéconomie et des sciences de l'information

Formato

application/pdf