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

2011 ◽  
Vol 33 (3) ◽  
pp. 202-210 ◽  
Author(s):  
Audrey Laplante ◽  
J. Stephen Downie
Keyword(s):  
Everyday Life ◽  
Information Seeking ◽  
Music Information

Information Retrieval Technologies and the “Realities” of Music Information Seeking

2016 ◽  
pp. 102-121
Author(s):  
Charilaos Lavranos ◽  
Petros Kostagiolas ◽  
Joseph Papadatos
Keyword(s):  
Information Retrieval ◽  
Information Seeking ◽  
Research Area ◽  
Music Technology ◽  
Information Seeking Behavior ◽  
Seeking Behavior ◽  
Evolution Of Music ◽  
Music Information ◽  
Search And Retrieval ◽  
The Way

Music information seeking incorporates the human activities that are carried out for the search and retrieval of music information. In recent years, the evolution of music technology holds a central role affecting the nature of music information seeking behavior. The research area that deals with the accessibility and the retrievability process of music information is known as Music Information Retrieval (MIR). This chapter focuses on the presentation of MIR technologies which has a direct impact in the way that individuals, as well as different music communities such as composers, performers, listeners, musicologists, etc., handle and utilize music information. The aim of this chapter is to investigate the way different music communities interact with MIR systems. Our approach is based on a selected literature review regarding the MIR systems and the information seeking behavior of the musicians.

Theoretical and Applied Issues on the Impact of Information on Musical Creativity

2018 ◽  
pp. 590-604
Author(s):  
Charilaos Lavranos ◽  
Petros Kostagiolas ◽  
Konstantina Martzoukou
Keyword(s):  
Information Seeking ◽  
Information Technologies ◽  
Specific Information ◽  
Online Information ◽  
Rapid Changes ◽  
Seeking Behavior ◽  
Musical Creativity ◽  
Music Information ◽  
The Impact

This century is an era of information and knowledge intensification. Novel information systems and services are developing through modern online information technologies. The rapid changes in the online information environment have greatly affected the way in which individuals search for music information and engage with musical creativity, within different music domains and for different purposes which involve composition, performance and improvisation, analysis and listening. The aim of this book chapter is to investigate the theoretical and practical issues relating to the impact of music information on musical creativity from an information seeking behavior perspective. Musical creativity is perceived as an intentional process which acts as a motivator for information seeking, leading to the utilization of different information resources and to the development of specific information seeking preferences. The chapter highlights the implications for research in this area and presents a research agenda for the interrelation between music information seeking and musical creativity.

How college students use the Web to conduct everyday life research

First Monday ◽  
2011 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alison J Head ◽  
Michael B. Eisenberg
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Everyday Life ◽  
Search Engines ◽  
Information Seeking ◽  
Information Needs ◽  
College Campuses ◽  
Health And Wellness ◽  
Seeking Behavior ◽  
Everyday Life Information Seeking ◽  
Almost All

This paper reports on college students’ everyday life information-seeking behavior and is based on findings from 8,353 survey respondents on 25 U.S. college campuses. A large majority of respondents had looked for news and, to a slightly lesser extent, decision-making information about purchases and health and wellness within the previous six months. Almost all the respondents used search engines, though students planning to purchase something were more likely to use search engines, and those looking for spiritual information were least likely to use search engines. Despite the widespread use of search engines, the process of filtering relevant from non-relevant search results was reportedly the most difficult part of everyday life research. As a whole, these students used a hybrid information-seeking strategy for meeting their everyday life information needs, turning to search engines and Wikipedia almost as much as they did to friends and family. A preliminary theory is introduced that describes the relationship between students’ evaluation practices and their risk-associated searches.

scholarly journals A typology of music information for studies on information seeking

2016 ◽  
Vol 72 (2) ◽  
pp. 265-276 ◽  
Author(s):  
Antti Mikael Rousi ◽  
Reijo Savolainen ◽  
Pertti Vakkari
Keyword(s):  
Information Seeking ◽  
Music Listening ◽  
Levels Of Abstraction ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Symbolic Representations ◽  
Related Information ◽  
Modes Of Representation ◽  
Second Mode ◽  
Musical Semiotics ◽  
Music Information

Purpose – A need to renew music-related information notions arises from both information-seeking models and literature of musical semiotics. The purpose of this paper is to create a music information typology, which aims at facilitating the examination of music information types at varying levels of abstraction in the context of information seeking. Design/methodology/approach – Literature of musical semiotics and information seeking are juxtaposed to develop a novel approach to music-related information. The grounding concepts are Bruner’s enactive, iconic and symbolic modes of representation. The modes of representation offer a universal scheme of knowledge that is applied to the domain of music by defining their content through Tarasti’s Theory of Musical Semiotics. Findings – This conceptual paper results in a music information typology ranging from the enactive music information representations to the abstract ones as follows. Music making as the first mode of enactive representations; music listening as the second mode of enactive representations; iconic representations of music; technological models of music as the first mode of symbolic representations; and ideological models of music as the second mode of symbolic representations. Originality/value – The present paper develops a music information typology that encompasses broadly different music information facets by categorizing music information sources according to their level of abstraction. When applied into empirical research, the typology opens a new window into the perceived roles of music information types in the context of information seeking.

scholarly journals Situational relevance of music information modes

2018 ◽  
Vol 74 (5) ◽  
pp. 1008-1024 ◽  
Author(s):  
Antti Mikael Rousi ◽  
Reijo Savolainen ◽  
Maaria Harviainen ◽  
Pertti Vakkari
Keyword(s):  
Doctoral Students ◽  
Information Seeking ◽  
Information Needs ◽  
Information Sources ◽  
Music Performance ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Levels Of Abstraction ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Related Information ◽  
Music Information

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to elaborate the picture of situational relevance of music information from a performing musician’s point of view by delving into its diverse layers within the context of Doctor of Music students’ information seeking. Design/methodology/approach Music-related information is approached through six modes that categorize music information sources based on their levels of abstraction. Situational relevance of the modes of music information is examined in relation to the situational requirements of accomplishing a dissertation on music task consisting of both a series of concerts and a written thesis. The empirical material was collected by interviewing Finnish doctoral students in the field of music performance. Findings A set of situational relevance types related to each mode of music information were identified. As a whole, the differences between the perceived importance of the modes varied a little. Research limitations/implications The goal of the present paper is not to create a generalizable list of situational relevance types suggested by modes of music information, but to show that the modes may suggest diverse situational relevance types of their own when evaluated by performing musicians. Originality/value The present paper provides a rare account on performing musicians’ vocational and school-related information seeking. For studies of music information retrieval, the present paper offers new contextual facets explaining why diverse music information could be relevant to musicians. For studies of music-related information seeking, the present study offers new insights on why performing musicians have information needs regarding certain types of music information sources.

scholarly journals Everyday Life Information Needs of Adolescents

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kimberly Hirsh
Keyword(s):  
Literature Review ◽  
Everyday Life ◽  
Information Seeking ◽  
Information Needs ◽  
Developmental Needs ◽  
The Everyday ◽  
Everyday Life Information Seeking

This literature review explores the Everyday Life Information-Seeking needs of adolescents. Adolescents are at a unique stage in their development and have needs that distinguish them from both younger children and adults. This review first defines Everyday Life Information-Seeking and adolescence. It then explores arguments that ELIS needs grow out of developmental needs. It describes several typologies of adolescents’ ELIS needs. Finally, it examines the ELIS needs of specific adolescent populations.

scholarly journals Necessidades informacionais de idosos em bibliotecas comunitárias: estudo realizado em uma biblioteca no município de Fortaleza, Ceará

2018 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ana Pricila Caledônio da Silva ◽  
Maria De Fátima Oliveira Costa ◽  
Lídia Eugenia Cavalcante
Keyword(s):  
Everyday Life ◽  
Information Seeking ◽  
Everyday Life Information Seeking

Apresenta estudo acerca das necessidades informacionais de idosos em contextos locais, tendo como objeto de estudo um grupo de idosos moradores do entorno da Biblioteca Comunitária Criança Feliz, localizada no Bairro Jardim Iracema, na cidade de Fortaleza, Ceará. Foram realizadas discussões teóricas acerca das temáticas: biblioteca comunitária, necessidades informacionais e, ainda, sobre idosos. No que tange à metodologia, a pesquisa possui abordagem qualitativa, exploratória e descritiva. Dentre os instrumentos de coleta de dados utilizados, valeu-se da entrevista semiestruturada e da pesquisa participativa, por meio da realização de roda de conversa e dinâmicas com os idosos. Para análise dos dados, utilizou-se a análise de conteúdo e o modelo Everyday Life Information Seeking (ELIS) concebido por Savolainen (1995). O estudo revelou que as necessidades informacionais do grupo estudado estão relacionadas principalmente às questões do cotidiano, como transportes e saúde. Constatou-se, ainda, a necessidade de que a biblioteca, lócus desta pesquisa, realize estudos de usuários com periodicidade que contemplem todos os públicos pertencentes à comunidade, inclusive os idosos, para assim atuar de forma inclusiva e democrática.Palavras-chave: Biblioteca Comunitária. Necessidades de Informação. Necessidades Informacionais de Idosos. Biblioteca Comunitária Criança Feliz.Link: http://www.periodicos.ufc.br/informacaoempauta/article/view/20646/31071 

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