User perspectives on critical factors for collaborative playlists.
PLoS One
; 17(1): e0260750, 2022.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-1607086
ABSTRACT
Today, collaborative playlists (CPs) translate long-standing social practices around music consumption to enable people to curate and listen to music together over streaming platforms. Yet despite the critical role of CPs in digitally connecting people through music, we still understand very little about the needs and desires of real-world users, and how CPs might be designed to best serve them. To bridge this gap in knowledge, we conducted a survey with CP users, collecting open-ended text responses on what aspects of CPs they consider most important and useful, and what they viewed as missing or desired. Using thematic analysis, we derived from these responses the Codebook of Critical CP Factors, which comprises eight categories. We gained insights into which aspects of CPs are particularly useful-for instance, the ability for multiple collaborators to edit a single playlist-and which are absent and desired-such as the ability for collaborators to communicate about a CP or the music contained therein. From these findings we propose design implications to inform further design of CP functionalities and platforms, and highlight potential benefits and challenges related to their adoption in current music services.
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Collection:
International databases
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Information Dissemination
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Music
Type of study:
Observational study
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Randomized controlled trials
Limits:
Humans
Language:
English
Journal:
PLoS One
Journal subject:
Science
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Medicine
Year:
2022
Document Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Journal.pone.0260750
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