Disruptive ambient music: Mobile phone music listening as portable urbanism

Lasén, Amparo

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“…The portable music player was turned into a “constant companion,” carrying the personal music collection like a “digital Sherpa” (Bull, 2014, p. 107). Recently, mobile music listening was also investigated in a broader sense, where being on the move also included listening in the car (e.g., Greb et al, 2018), shared listening via headphones (Bull, 2000), and listening to music via smartphone loudspeakers or boom boxes (Lasen, 2018). Moreover, although mobile devices can also be used in private and fixed settings (e.g., Bull, 2014; Nag, 2018), mobile music listening is inherently understood as happening in public.…”

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On the Move: Principal Components of the Functions and Experiences of Mobile Music Listening

Kuch

Wöllner

2021

Music & Science

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Mobile music listening is widely recognized as an integral part of everyday music use. It is also a rather peculiar experience, since the listeners are surrounded by strangers in public and at the same time engaged in a solitary and private activity. The current study aimed at investigating the functions and experiences of mobile listening with a quantitative online questionnaire, and collected further information about mobile listening situations and listening habits. Among respondents ( n = 203), 89% reported listening to music while being on the move. We found mood-related and cognitive functions to be most prevalent (e.g., enhancing mood, relaxation, prevention of being bored), whereas least important functions relate to social dimensions (e.g., feeling less lonely, feeling less watched). Regarding experiences of mobile music, respondents most commonly adapted their mood to the music and lost touch with the current surroundings. A principal component analysis on ratings of functions and experiences resulted in an underlying structure of five dimensions, representing different levels of involvement: (1) Mood Management comprises functions to satisfy individual needs; (2) Absorption and Aestheticization encompasses deep listening experiences and altered perception of the surroundings; (3) Social Encapsulation and Self-Focus describe the distancing of oneself and changes in attention; (4) Distraction and Passing Time include the prevention of being bored and making time pass faster; and (5) Auditory Background is defined by a non-attentive and rather unaffected music listening. These results highlight the immersiveness of mobile music listening. By creating an individual soundworld, listeners distance themselves from the surroundings aurally and mentally, and modify their attention, perception, moods, and emotions, leading to an improvement of daily life experiences while moving.

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On the Move: Principal Components of the Functions and Experiences of Mobile Music Listening

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Wöllner

2021

Music & Science

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“…Sound, as the sound artist and scholar Brandon LaBelle (2010) insists, is ‘shared property onto which many claims are made, over time, and which demand associative and relational understanding’ (p. xxiv). As Amparo Lasen (2018) argues in his work on mobile media practices, ‘Territorial dynamics are specifically deployed by auditory experiences . .…”

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Urban multiculture and xenophonophobia in London and Berlin

Lisiak

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Jackson

2019

European Journal of Cultural Studies

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In this article, we argue that in the context of the rise of nationalism and increasing inequalities across European metropolises, developing an attentiveness to the sounds of the city can be utilized to unpack individual and collective claims to entitlement and belonging. Focussing on London and Berlin, we argue that thinking through two aspects of sonic registers – languages and non-verbal sounds – together can enrich understandings of cities where questions of living with difference have become politicized and fiercely charged. We draw on and further develop the concept of xenoglossophobia – the fear of foreign languages – to become inclusive of non-verbal sounds as well. Using the concept of xenophonophobia – the fear of all foreign sounds, including, but not limited to, foreign languages – we begin the process of naming racism beyond words in an attempt to find new ways to explore how the struggle for belonging is unfolding within the city. A consideration of the meanings given to sounds can offer a way to understand how boundaries between ‘us’ and ‘them’ are being drawn in European capital cities like Berlin and London.

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Ambient Play: Understanding Mobile Games in Everyday Life

Hjorth

Richardson

2021

Advances in Information and Communication Research

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Disruptive ambient music: Mobile phone music listening as portable urbanism

Cited by 5 publications

References 13 publications

On the Move: Principal Components of the Functions and Experiences of Mobile Music Listening

On the Move: Principal Components of the Functions and Experiences of Mobile Music Listening

Urban multiculture and xenophonophobia in London and Berlin

Ambient Play: Understanding Mobile Games in Everyday Life

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