Social and Emotional Function of Music Listening: Reasons for Listening to Music
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Problem Statement: The reasons that people listen to music have been investigated for
many years. Research results over the past 50 years have showed that individual
musical preference is influenced by multiple factors.
Many studies have shown throughout that music has been used to induce emotional
states, express, activate, control emotions, relax, and communicate. It can be
suggested that asking “how students shape music in their mind, the importance
of music, and which genres they listen to and why” can help educators achieve
their goals more easily.
Purpose of Study: This study investigated the involvement of music in the lives of university
students; the type of music they listen to in the university and during
childhood; why they listen to music; and the emotional and social function of
music. Of the students attending different departments of Dokuz Eylul
University Faculty of Fine Arts, 322 were randomly selected to participate in this
study. Open-ended questions were used to reveal their reasons for listening to
music and the musical genres they prefer.
Method: To reveal how often students listen to music, why they listen to
music, and what type of music they listen to during university and childhood, a
questionnaire with open-ended questions was used. A content analysis methodology
was used to analyze the data.
Findings and Results: Findings revealed that the main reasons for listening to music were
enjoyment, emotional mood, peer group, and family. In addition, the majority of
students reported that they listen to music between two and nine hours per day.
The most preferred genres were rock, jazz, western art, and pop. The least
preferred genres were Turkish musics. The preferred genres and listening
frequencies were found to be different in childhood and in university. In
addition, the preferred musical types of the participants were different from those
their families preferred.
Conclusions and Recommendations: The fact that the participants’ preferred genres
of music differed during adulthood and childhood and also differed from their
families’ preferences indicates that the family’s role in the development of
musical tastes is not significant. Another striking finding is that Turkish
music genres are not more popular. This finding can be associated with the fact
that music represents social identity. It is seen that Enjoyment and emotional
mood were among the main reasons for listening to music.
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Ayrıntılar
Birincil Dil
İngilizce
Konular
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Bölüm
Araştırma Makalesi
Yazarlar
Yayımlanma Tarihi
15 Aralık 2016
Gönderilme Tarihi
15 Aralık 2016
Kabul Tarihi
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Yayımlandığı Sayı
Yıl 2016 Cilt: 16 Sayı: 66