Show me your playlist and I tell you who you are

An investigation of the social psychological foundation of musical playlists


Bachelor Thesis, 2010

36 Pages, Grade: 1,0


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Content

TABLE OF FIGURES

1. INTRODUCTION
1.1 Purpose and the question of issue
1.2 Prior Research - what is music sociology and why is it important?

2. THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK
2.1 George Herbert Mead and Charles Horton Cooley
2.2 Key Concepts
2.2.1 The concept of self
2.2.2 The concept of medium
2.2.3 The emotional foundation of musical preferences
2.2.4 From mix-tape to playlist

3. METHOD
3.1 The gathering of data
3.3 Limitations

4. RESULT AND ANALYSIS
4.1 Analysing the playlist
4.2 The process of data analysis
4.3 The “I”-construction of a playlist
4.4 The playlist as a medium and social phenomenon
4.5 Interpreting playlists - listening to the sound of the self

5. CONCLUSION

6. REFERENCES

7. APPENDIX
7.1 Interview guide
7.2 The Big Five personality traits
7.3 Personal Playlists

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Title
Show me your playlist and I tell you who you are
Subtitle
An investigation of the social psychological foundation of musical playlists
College
Uppsala University
Grade
1,0
Author
Year
2010
Pages
36
Catalog Number
V205581
ISBN (eBook)
9783656323730
ISBN (Book)
9783656325093
File size
828 KB
Language
English
Keywords
playlist, music, identity, social self, social constructionism, Simmel, George Herbert Mead, sociology, musicology, mix-tape, mp3, Spotify, social phenomenon, Charles Horton Cooley, focus group, The Big Five personality traits
Quote paper
Kathrin Rochow (Author), 2010, Show me your playlist and I tell you who you are, Munich, GRIN Verlag, https://www.grin.com/document/205581

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