The Appreciation of Electroacoustic Music: The prototype of the pedagogical ElectroAcoustic Resource Site

2013 ◽  
Vol 18 (2) ◽  
pp. 124-133 ◽  
Author(s):  
Motje Wolf
Keyword(s):  
Conceptual Knowledge ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Qualitative Content Analysis ◽  
Electroacoustic Music ◽  
Online Environment ◽  
Listening Skills ◽  
Teaching Resource ◽  
Listening Experience ◽  
Key Stage 3 ◽  
Resource Site

This article introduces research on the influence of teaching on the change of inexperienced listeners’ appreciation of electroacoustic music. A curriculum was developed to make Key Stage 3 students (11–14 years old)1 familiar with electroacoustic music. The curriculum introduced music using concepts, such as music with real-world sounds and music with generated sounds. Presented in an online environment and accompanied with a teachers’ handbook, the curriculum can be used online or as classroom-based teaching resource.The online environment was developed with the help of user-centred design. Following this, the curriculum was tested in a large-scale study including four Key Stage 3 classes within three schools in Leicester, UK. Data were collected using questionnaires, a listening response test and a summary of the teaching (letter written by participants). Qualitative content analysis was used for the data analysis.Results include the change of the participants’ appreciation of electroacoustic music during the study. Successful learning and a decrease in alienation towards electroacoustic music could be measured. The study shows that the appreciation of electroacoustic music can be enhanced through the acquirement of conceptual knowledge. Especially important was the enhancing of listening skills following a listening training as well as the broadening of the participants’ vocabulary that enabled them to describe their listening experience.

scholarly journals Motivation of UK school pupils towards foreign languages: a large-scale survey at Key Stage 3

2007 ◽  
Vol 35 (2) ◽  
pp. 245-281 ◽  
Author(s):  
James A. Coleman ◽  
Árpád Galaczi ◽  
Lluïsa Astruc
Keyword(s):  
Large Scale ◽  
Foreign Languages ◽  
Large Scale Survey ◽  
Key Stage 3

scholarly journals Group or individual Lifestyle-integrated Functional Exercise (LiFE)? A qualitative analysis of acceptability

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Leah Reicherzer ◽  
Franziska Kramer-Gmeiner ◽  
Sarah Labudek ◽  
Carl-Philipp Jansen ◽  
Corinna Nerz ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Focus Group ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Qualitative Content Analysis ◽  
Peer Group ◽  
Subjective Effects ◽  
Successful Implementation ◽  
Focus Group Study ◽  
Content Structure ◽  
Functional Exercise ◽  
Category Formation

Abstract Background: The Lifestyle-integrated Functional Exercise (LiFE) program is an effective but resource-intensive fall prevention program delivered one-to-one in participants’ homes. A recently developed group-based LiFE (gLiFE) could enhance large-scale implementability and decrease resource intensity. The aim of this qualitative focus group study is to compare participants’ experiences regarding acceptability of gLiFE vs LiFE.Methods: Programs were delivered in seven group sessions (gLiFE) or seven individual home visits (LiFE) within a multi-center, randomized non-inferiority trial. Four structured focus group discussions (90 – 100 minutes duration; one per format and study site) on content, structure, and subjective effects of gLiFE and LiFE were conducted. Qualitative content analysis using the method of inductive category formation by Mayring was applied for data analysis. Coding was managed using NVivo.Results: In both formats, participants (N=30, 22 women, ngLiFE=15, nLiFE=15, mean age 78.5±6.6 years) were positive about content, structure, and support received by trainers. Participants reflected on advantages of both formats: the social aspects of learning the program in a peer group (gLiFE), and benefits of learning the program at home (LiFE). In gLiFE, some difficulties with the implementation of activities were reported. In both formats, the majority of participants reported positive outcomes and successful implementation of new movement habits.Conclusion: This is the first study to examine participants’ views on and experiences with gLiFE and LiFE, revealing strengths and limitations of both formats that can be used for program refinement. Both formats were highly acceptable to participants, suggesting that gLiFE may have similar potential to be adopted by adults aged 70 years and older compared to LiFE.

scholarly journals Exploring experiences of supports for suicide bereavement in Ireland: protocol for a national survey

2021 ◽  
Vol 4 ◽  
pp. 114
Author(s):  
Selena O'Connell ◽  
Eimear Ruane-McAteer ◽  
Caroline Daly ◽  
Clíodhna O’Connor ◽  
Fiona Tuomey ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Large Scale ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Qualitative Content Analysis ◽  
National Study ◽  
Cross Sectional Survey ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Suicide Bereavement ◽  
Chi Squared ◽  
Services And Supports ◽  
Insight Into

Background A suicide death impacts upon the wellbeing of close family members and friends but has also been shown to affect many people outside of this immediate circle. This will be the first large-scale national study of adults bereaved or affected by suicide in Ireland, using a cross-sectional online survey. The overarching aim will be to gain insight into the experiences of supports received by people bereaved or affected by suicide and to identify the barriers to engagement following their loss. Methods A cross-sectional survey will be conducted among adults in Ireland who have been bereaved or affected by suicide. This project will seek to represent people with different demographics and backgrounds in the Irish population using a multifaceted approach to survey recruitment. A range of validated measures will be used to examine participants’ current wellbeing and grief experience. A combination of closed and open-ended questions will provide participants the opportunity to share their individual experiences, the services and supports available to them, and barriers and enablers to accessing supports. Results Quantitative data will be analysed using descriptive statistics. Chi-squared tests will be used to compare subgroups within categorical data items, and multivariable regression models will be used to examine differences in psychosocial and physical wellbeing across key groups. Qualitative content analysis will be used for qualitative responses to open-ended questions. Conclusions The survey will provide an in-depth understanding of the psychosocial and mental health impacts of suicide bereavement in Ireland; insight into the range of informal and formal supports accessed; and will identify unmet needs and challenges of accessing appropriate and timely supports. The findings will inform current national actions aimed at ensuring the standardisation and quality of the services and supports for those bereaved or affected by suicide.

Tourist experience on traditional pastries in UNESCO heritage city

2020 ◽  
Vol 122 (12) ◽  
pp. 3885-3897
Author(s):  
Cheng Ling Tan ◽  
Sook Fern Yeo
Keyword(s):  
Service Quality ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Brand Image ◽  
Qualitative Content Analysis ◽  
Secondary Data ◽  
Primary Data ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Qualitative Research Design

PurposeIn recent years, the traditional pastries industry has gained popularity among tourists due to the advantage of the pastries location at UNESCO Heritage city, Penang. However, the little research focussed on this particular industry, and there is lack of evidence of the tourists' experience with the traditional pastries and how these attributes affect their revisit decision.Design/methodology/approachThe study utilizes a qualitative research design to gain in-depth understanding on tourists' thought and their repurchase decision. Secondary data were collected via TripAdvisor with 68 tourists who visited the most popular three pastries shops namely, Him Heang, Ghee Hiang and Min Xiang Tai, which are later analysed using qualitative content analysis.FindingsThe findings revealed that tourists generally concerned about the service quality, value, brand image and atmospherics that could affect their repurchasing decision. Particularly, the staff service quality has been viewed as the upmost important attribute to influence the tourists' decision. Therefore, the pastries shops shall ensure that the staff who serve the tourists shall be well trained to satisfy the tourists' enquiry.Research limitations/implicationsThe limitation concerning the interpretation of the secondary data based on the feedbacks and comments of the tourists may derive the bias possibility. Future research might consider the large-scale primary data to extend the findings.Originality/valueLimited research exists on the tourists' experience which affects the repurchasing decision in pastries industry. This study provides valuable information for pastries shops and researchers interested in this area.

An interface for ‘flat music’

2004 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. 243-250 ◽  
Author(s):  
CHRISTOPHER BAILEY
Keyword(s):  
Computer Music ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Concert Hall ◽  
Technical Aspects ◽  
Specific Instance ◽  
Listening Experience ◽  
The Way ◽  
Musical Forms

Part of my listening experience has been a coming to terms with a certain set of musical forms that I call ‘flat’. Music in flat form means music that avoids obvious or dimensionally conjunct large-scale goals, points of arrival, ‘climaxes’, sectional boundaries, and the like, and therefore has proven difficult for many listeners. It has become clear to me that this music demands a different listening approach, one at odds with the way music is typically appreciated in the concert hall. This approach is one that composers of music in flat form can facilitate through today's computer-music resources. What I present here is a specific instance of such an approach: my composition Sand, a twenty-five-minute long work for computer-synthesised and processed sounds, was composed specifically to be experienced through a computer-music interface I built in the MAX/MSP environment. This paper explores what I mean by ‘flatness’, how I came to terms with it as a listener, and how this coming-to-terms spawned the idea and construction of the interface. I then discuss the interface itself, the process of interaction with the listener, and technical aspects of the software.

Aural landscape: musical space

1998 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 135-140 ◽  
Author(s):  
SIMON EMMERSON
Keyword(s):  
Auditory System ◽  
Visual Art ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Visual Experience ◽  
Electroacoustic Music ◽  
Small Scale ◽  
Musical Space ◽  
Art Forms ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
Flexible Components

This paper seeks to examine how sound in general (and electroacoustic music in particular) can evoke a sense of being and place which may be strongly related to our visual experience. The auditory system has evolved to seek the reasons for the soundfield it encounters and this property cannot meaningfully be ignored by composers in this medium. The acousmatic condition stimulates and enhances this response. The science of acoustics cannot any longer alone explain sound phenomena and requires psychological and ecological dimensions. The idea of the ‘frame’ is developed from large-scale to small-scale soundfields: ‘landscape’, ‘arena’ and ‘stage’ are seen to be flexible components of this approach to composition. The paper concludes that a mature relationship of audio and visual art forms requires a greater acknowledgement of these attributes of sound.

scholarly journals VOICES FROM THE LOCKER ROOM: A QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS OF VOICE MESSAGES WITHIN ITALIAN NSFW GROUPS.

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Giovanni Boccia Artieri ◽  
Stefano Brilli ◽  
Elisabetta Zurovac
Keyword(s):  
Large Scale ◽  
Cultural Practices ◽  
Qualitative Content Analysis ◽  
Data Sets ◽  
Self Disclosure ◽  
Large Scale Data ◽  
Closed Groups ◽  
Lead Users ◽  
Static Images ◽  
New Geography

The growing use of messaging apps group chats is defining a new geography of unsearchable digital conversations. Although these spaces often escape the range of internet research, because of the technical and ethical difficulties in extracting of large-scale data sets, they represent crucial contexts where new communication habits and cultural practices emerge. This paper aims to understand the use of voice messages in NSFW group chats, by looking at Telegram closed groups where pornographic contents are shared and commented. Since NSFW group chats are usually understood as prevalently anonymous contexts, the disclosure afforded by voices messages - particularly in terms of gender recognition - becomes worthy examining. More specifically, we ask: 1) What kind of interactions are enacted by voice messages? 2) What kind of self-disclosure is performed through voice messages? 3) Which challenges emerge in the moderation of voice messages? For this research, we are carrying out a qualitative content analysis of voice messages combined with in-depth interviews with groups' moderators. Preliminary results suggest some circumstances that lead users to prefer using voice messages over text, gifs and static images. Contingent (not being able to text) or literacy-related reasons appear less important than the need to establish affective inclusion and identification through one's own voice.

How Close to the “Honeypot?”

2018 ◽  
Vol 28 (3) ◽  
pp. 206-225 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vendula Belackova ◽  
Michaela Brandnerova ◽  
David Vechet
Keyword(s):  
Czech Republic ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Qualitative Content Analysis ◽  
New South ◽  
Small Scale ◽  
The Czech Republic ◽  
Social Risks ◽  
South Wales ◽  
Semistructured Interviews ◽  
Lower Health

Background: This study aimed to assess how cannabis markets compare in two states with different cannabis policies. The possession of cannabis is decriminalized in both the Czech Republic (de facto) and in New South Wales (NSW; de jure), but personal cannabis cultivation has been tolerated/decriminalized only in the Czech Republic. Methods: Semistructured interviews were conducted in the Czech Republic ( n = 25) and in NSW, Australia ( n = 25) between 2009 and 2014 and analyzed with thematic and qualitative content analysis. Findings: The Czech respondents often grew their own cannabis or got it directly from somebody who grew it. Cannabis users in both places preferred quality cannabis which was free of chemicals, but the Australian respondents seemed more likely to get cannabis that varied in quality and was potentially produced under large-scale, unsafe conditions. Triangulation with other data sources suggests that these findings could apply more broadly. Conclusions: The findings of this study indicate that policy can encourage the proliferation of small-scale cannabis cultivation, leading to lower health and social risks. Policy approaches that tolerate such cultivation should be considered as an alternative or as a complement to the existing or proposed cannabis policies.

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