UCLIC Research Seminar Series

Since Thomas Edison invented the gramophone, and for over one hundred years, the activities of privately listening to music and collecting it have been inseparable. Streaming music applications allow users to collect any amount of music (e.g., by "liking" songs) at no additional cost. On the other hand, streaming apps also allow their users to listen to music they like without first collecting it, making collecting voluntary for the first time in the history of music consumption. Do people collect more or less songs after crossing over to streaming technology? And how does this effect their listening enjoyment? In the talk, I will attempt to answer these questions by reporting on three studies we had recently conducted: a qualitative study, a questionnaire, and a controlled experiment. I will conclude with design implementations.