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Collaborative Playlist-Making: Musical Interaction via Digitally Mediated Co-Curation

“…Song ordering refers to the subsequent process in which several songs that have already been added to the playlist are ordinally arranged within the playlist structure; this process linearly dictates when each song will be played back in the eventual listening situation (assuming shuffled playback is not intended). Discussion takes place prior to CPM and intermittently during CPM to align interlocutors’ motives for CPM engagement with one another (Bauer et al, 2018; Park & Lee, 2021); in this way, discussion ensures that group members share common motives for creating their CP.…”

“…Oftentimes, the primary motives for CPM are driven by musical considerations, for instance: amassing music pertaining to a particular genre, artist, or other music classification; or curating the order in which particular songs are played back to achieve a long-range musical narrative (Park & Kaneshiro, 2022). Alternatively, primary motives for CPM may be social, including creating a CP for later use at a specific event (e.g., a birthday party); or creating a CP to bolster an existing relationship (e.g., sharing music with a long-distance friend; Bauer et al, 2018). Lastly, the primary motives for CPM may be personal, including expressing one's knowledge of recorded music within a particular musical genre; and finding new music relating to a particular artist or genre via others' song additions to a CP (Park & Kaneshiro, 2022).…”