Adolescents’ relationship to music in the new digitized era : An exploration of how the new digitized technology has affected adolescents’ willingnes…

2017

Master's thesis Music Management MU501 - University of Agder 2017 This thesis is an exploration of how the technological changes have affected adolescents’ use of music. The two extended hypotheses I will explore are: “Adolescents today are not willing to pay for music” and “Adolescents use music to regulate moods and develop their identity”. The reason for choosing these exact hypotheses is an assumption that the digitization of music has led to a decreased willingness to pay for access, while the more abstract use of music in mood regulation and identification is still the same. To explore my hypothesis I conducted two quantitative surveys among adolescents aged 12- 13. I present the resu…