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“Evacuate the Dancefloor”: Exploring and Classifying Spotify Music Listening Before and During the COVID-19 Pandemic in DACH Countries

Many people used musical media via music streaming service providers to cope with the limitations of the COVID-19 pandemic. Accounting for such behavior from the perspective of uses-and-gratifications theory and situated cognition yields reliable …

Beamer, Benz, or Bentley: Mentions of products in hip hop and R&B music

Mentions of commercial products are common in hip hop and R&B lyrics, relative to other genres of popular music, although the potential impacts of this are not wellunderstood. Since these songs reach millions of people daily, it is pertinent to study …

Effects of prosocial lyrics and musical production elements on emotions, thoughts and behavior

Popular music with prosocial lyrics affects listeners’ thoughts, emotions and behavior, yet little is known about the role played by the actual music in this process. This study focused on the interaction between the prosocial lyrics and the musical …

“If you wanna make the world a better place”: Factors influencing the effect of songs with prosocial lyrics

Although there has been an increase in research considering the positive effects of music with prosocial lyrics on people’s behavior, little is known about the process by which this happens or about the factors that influence the effect of listening …

“They don’t really care…”: Effects of music with prosocial content and corresponding media coverage on prosocial behavior

Many musicians deliver prosocial messages in their music and engage in charity events, but we know very little about how our reception of this music affects us. Following the General Learning Model by Buckley and Anderson, one possible explanation …

Musikcastingshows. Wesen, Nutzung und Wirkung eines populären Fernsehformats (Music talent shows)

Dieser Band versammelt aktuelle Forschungsstände, Studien, Analysen und Einblicke aus der Perspektive verschiedener Fachdisziplinen, um das Fernsehphänomen ‚Musikcastingshows‘ ganzheitlich zu erklären. Seit über 15 Jahren zählen diese Shows zu den …

German music talent shows

In recent years, music talent shows, which emerged in Germany in the 1990s, have become one of the most successful television formats. The most popular examples of this genre in Germany are ‘Popstars’ (since 2000), ‘Deutschland sucht den Superstar’ …

Loudness War? Eine experimentelle Untersuchung zum Einfluss übersteigerter Dynamikkompression auf die Rezeption populärer Musik

Der vorliegende Artikel nähert sich dem Loudness War genannten Phänomen, also der gesteigerten Dynamikkompression in der Post-Produktion von populärer Musik, und seinen Auswirkungen für die Rezeption. Die zentrale experimentelle Studie in dieser …

Time for Talents? Eine Untersuchung von Erfolgsfaktoren bei Musikcastingshows

Musikcastingshows gehören seit 15 Jahren zu den nachgefragtesten Fernsehfor­maten und sind daher nicht nur für die beteiligten Fernsehsender von hohem In­teresse, sondern insbesondere auch für die beteiligten Musikkonzerne, die Mu­siktalente über …