Parasocial Engagement for Musicians and Artists: A Systemic Review of Theoretical Foundations with Applications

Herrera, David Ojeda

doi:10.25101/17.1

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“…Moreover, music listening can promote parasocial interaction, or imagined relationships between people and media personas (Rubin & McHugh, 1987;Krause, et al, 2018). For instance, people can identify with social cues created by lyrics (Herrera, 2017): popular music lyrics often include singers 'speaking to' the listener or about themselves. Thus, listeners may form empathy by correctly interpreting lyrical messages of musicians which reflect shared experiences, attitudes, and feelings between artist and listener (Ginsburg, 1996).…”

Section: Lyrics and Covid 25mentioning

confidence: 99%

Popular music lyrics and the COVID-19 pandemic

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Krause

North

2021

Psychology of Music

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A limited amount of previous research suggests that deteriorating socioeconomic conditions may be associated with greater popularity of music lyrics featuring negative emotional content and references to relationships. The present research considered this in charting popular music before and during the first 6 months of the COVID-19 pandemic. A dataset based on the song lyrics of the top-5 charting weekly songs in the United Kingdom and the United States from January 1999 to August 2020 was computer-analyzed for interpersonal variables, such as satisfaction and human interest, and positive and negative emotional valence. Results indicated lower satisfaction and human interest in lyrics in the United States and United Kingdom in the first 6 months of the COVID-19 pandemic compared to the lyrics in charting songs in 2015–2019. The US charting songs in 2020 also saw higher leveling and negative emotional content, and, when considering monthly data from 1999 to 2020, there was a positive association between economic misery and the number of negatively valenced words. The findings broaden our understanding of the relationship between significant global events and trends in popular music.

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Section: Lyrics and Covid 25mentioning

confidence: 99%