Manchaiah, Vinaya, Zhao, Fei, Widen, Stephen, Auzenne, Jasmine, Beukes, Eldré W., Ahmadi, Tayebeh, Tome, David, Mahadeva, Deephi, Krishna, Rajalakshmi and Germundsson, Per (2017) Social representation of “music” in young adults: a cross-cultural study. International Journal of Audiology, 56. pp. 24-32. ISSN 1708-8186
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Abstract
Objective: This study was aimed to explore perceptions of and reactions to music in young adults (18–25 years) using the theory of social representations (TSR). Design: The study used a cross-sectional survey design and included participants from India, Iran, Portugal, USA and UK. Data were analysed using various qualitative and quantitative methods. Study sample: The study sample included 534 young adults. Results: The Chi-square analysis showed significant differences between the countries regarding the informants’ perception of music. The most positive connotations about music were found in the responses obtained from Iranian participants (82.2%), followed by Portuguese participants (80.6%), while the most negative connotations about music were found in the responses obtained from Indian participants (18.2%), followed by Iranian participants (7.3%). The participants’ responses fell into 19 main categories based on their meaning; however, not all categories were found in all five countries. The co-occurrence analysis results generally indicate that the category ‘‘positive emotions or actions’’ was the most frequent category occurring in all five countries. Conclusions: The results indicate that music is generally considered to bring positive emotions for people within these societies, although a small percentage of responses indicate some negative consequences of music.
Item Type: | Journal Article |
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Keywords: | music listening, public health hazard, hearing loss, attitude, social representation, cross-culture |
Faculty: | ARCHIVED Faculty of Science & Technology (until September 2018) |
Depositing User: | Eldre Beukes |
Date Deposited: | 26 Apr 2017 09:29 |
Last Modified: | 29 Apr 2022 15:48 |
URI: | https://arro.anglia.ac.uk/id/eprint/701719 |
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