Mobile Music Listening

Dr. Mia Kuch

doi:10.5771/9783689002435

Summary

Listening to music on the move has become an integral part of many people's daily lives, accompanying various activities such as commuting and exercise. Mia Kuch has conducted three studies on this listening activity to provide a systematic, quantitative analysis of its functions and effects. The results show that mobile music listening can alter the listener's subjective experience in multiple, even unintended ways, ranging from mere distraction to affect regulation and multisensory experiences. This reveals a diversity of practices and points to different mechanisms of action involving the interplay of context, personal needs and music. Mia Kuch holds a PhD from the University of Music Freiburg (Systematic Musicology, Music Psychology).

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Copyright year: 2025
ISBN-Print: 978-3-68900-242-8
ISBN-Online: 978-3-68900-243-5
Publisher: Tectum, Baden-Baden
Series: Musikpsychologie: Empirische Beiträge
Volume: 2
Language: English
Pages: 146
Product type: Book Titles

Titelei/Inhaltsverzeichnis No access Pages I - XVI
1 Introduction No access Pages 1 - 4
1. 2.1. Mobility, Mobile Music, and Technology Capabilities No access
2. 1. 2.2.1. Listening to Music Using Mobile Music Players No access
  2. 2.2.2. Listening to Music Using Headphones No access
  3. 2.2.3. Listening to Music in Public Spaces No access
3. 2.3 Describing and Determining Mobile Music Listening No access
4. 2.4 Interim Conclusion: Contextualizing Mobile Music Listening No access
1. 3.1 Prevalence of Mobile Music Listening No access
2. 1. 3.2.1 Music-Related Functions No access
  2. 3.2.2 Environment-Related Functions No access
  3. 3.2.3 Self-Related Functions No access
3. 3.3 Subjective Experiences of Mobile Music Listening No access
4. 3.4 Interim Conclusion: Functions and Experiences No access
4. Research Gaps and Objectives No access Pages 35 - 36
5. The Framework of the Studies No access Pages 37 - 38
1. 6.1 Abstract No access
2. 6.2 Introduction No access
3. 1. 6.3.1. Participants No access
  2. 6.3.2. Procedure No access
  3. 6.3.3. Questionnaire No access
  4. 6.3.4. Data Analysis No access
4. 1. 6.4.1. Characteristics of Mobile Music Use No access
  2. 6.2.4. Functions and Experiences of Mobile Music Listening No access
  3. 6.4.3. Underlying Structure of Functions and Experiences No access
5. 6.5. Discussion No access
6. 6.6. Conclusion No access
1. 7.1. Abstract No access
2. 7.2. Introduction No access
3. 1. 7.3.1. Participants No access
  2. 7.3.2. Procedure No access
  3. 7.3.3. Data Analysis No access
4. 1. 7.4.1. Content Analysis: Characteristics of Changes in Perception During Mobile Music Listening No access
  2. 7.4.2. ARM: Patterns of Changes in Perception No access
  3. 7.4.3. Modeling the Antecedents and Consequences of Mobile Music Listening No access
5. 7.5. Discussion No access
1. 8.1. Abstract No access
2. 1. 8.2.1. Perception of Environments and Entitativity No access
  2. 8.2.2. The Impact of Music Listening and Emotions on Visual Perception No access
  3. 8.2.3. The Present Study No access
3. 1. 8.3.1. Participants No access
  2. 8.3.2. Selection of Musical and Visual (Picture) Stimuli No access
  3. 8.3.3. Measures No access
  4. 8.3.4. Procedure No access
  5. 8.3.5. Data Preparation and Data Analysis No access
4. 1. 8.4.1. Changes of Emotional States in Experimental Conditions No access
  2. 8.4.2. Effects of Experimental Conditions and Social Group Type on Rating Dimensions No access
5. 1. 8.5.1. Changes in Emotional States No access
  2. 8.5.2. Musical Impact on Affective vs. Cognitive Rating Dimensions of Social Situations No access
  3. 8.5.3. Musical Impact on the Evaluation of Intimacy Groups vs. Transitory Groups No access
  4. 8.5.4. Methodology and Limitations No access
6. 8.6. Conclusion No access
1. 9.1. Overview of the Dissertation No access
2. 9.2. Basic Characteristics of Mobile Music Listening No access
3. 9.3. Structures of Mobile Functions and Listening Experiences No access
4. 1. 9.4.1. Affect Regulation and Emotional States No access
  2. 9.4.2. Musical Attributes and Musical Involvement No access
  3. 9.4.3. Situational Characteristics No access
5. 9.5. Implications and Prospects No access
References No access Pages 115 - 134
1. 1. Appendix A.1: Online Questionnaire (Excerpts) No access
  2. Appendix A.2: Results of the Principal Component Analysis No access
2. 1. Appendix B.1: Association Rules No access
  2. Appendix B.2: Category System of Content Analysis No access
3. Appendix C: Data Material of Study 3: Ratings of Musical Stimuli No access
4. Appendix D: Summary of the Studies No access