Music generations in the digital age : social practices of listening and idols in Japan / Rafal Zaborowski.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Zaborowski, Rafal, author.

Series:

Transmedia (Amsterdam, Netherlands)

Transmedia: participatory culture and media convergence

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Music--Social aspects--Japan.

Music.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (224 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press, 2024.

Summary:

What do we do when we listen? The act of engagement with music in everyday life may seem simple on the surface but participation, interpretation, circulation and cultural production in the digital age are more complex and entangled than ever before. It is especially so in Japan, with its vast multimedia idol and vocaloid industries. This unique ethnographic work at the intersection of cultural, media and music studies covers a wide spectrum of music-related activities embedded in the daily lives of two Japanese cohorts. The varied case studies, including teen idol groups and virtual idols, aid the detailed examination of the relation between music, generation, and society.

Contents:

Cover

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements

Preface

References

Introduction: Listening, Music, Generations

Dancing about Architecture?

Music and Japan

Starting Points

Researching Music Audiences

Reflecting on the 'Hybrid' Researcher

About This Book

1. Audiences and Musics

Audience Research in the West

Media Effects and Uses and the Gratifications Approach

Encoding/Decoding and British Cultural Studies

Beyond Resistance: The Debates around 'The Active Audience'

Circuit of Culture

Media Practice

Media Audiences: Achievements and Questions

Audience Research and Research on Music

De-Westernising Media, Audiences, and Listening

Research Questions and the Conceptual Framework

2. Listening and Listeners

Approaches to Listening

The Listeners

Yoshimi

Sayaka

Shigeru

Hikari

Naoki

Listening to and through Music

3. The Lost and the Relaxed

Generation as a Concept

Generational Identities of Contemporary Japan

Generational Music Practices

Generational Interpretations of Listening

The Concept of Generations Today

4. Participation and Proximity

Popular Music in Japan

Star Proximity and Parasocial Interactions

5. Idols and Virtual Idols

Idols and Their 'Offices'

Vocaloid and Piapro

Virtuality and Co-evolution

Between the Audiences and the Producers

Mapping Co-evolution and Proximity into the Circuit of Culture

Conclusion: Music Generations in the Digital Age

'Practices' in Media and Music Research

Meaning of Co-evolution and Proximity

The Challenge of Generations

Reflecting on Fieldwork

Addressing the Questions

Ways Forward

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 20 Feb 2024).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-003-70021-7

1-04-078718-5

90-485-3674-X

9781003700210

OCLC:

1543522708