Music and adolescents in Singapore : their preferences and usage of music.

Music is a part of everyday life. This is especially true for adolescents, who through their growing up process, rely on music for various purposes. This exploratory study examined the consumption of music by Singaporean adolescents, together with their music preferences and usage. Data were collect...

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Main Author: Tan, Willy Khuan Khoon.
Other Authors: Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information
Format: Final Year Project
Language:English
Published: 2009
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spelling sg-ntu-dr.10356-147542019-12-10T11:03:26Z Music and adolescents in Singapore : their preferences and usage of music. Tan, Willy Khuan Khoon. Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information DRNTU::Visual arts and music::Music Music is a part of everyday life. This is especially true for adolescents, who through their growing up process, rely on music for various purposes. This exploratory study examined the consumption of music by Singaporean adolescents, together with their music preferences and usage. Data were collected primarily from a focus group interview and a survey of 300 school children. Analysis of data showed that adolescents in Singapore consumed an average of more than two hours of music daily, with heavy preference for two music genres, pop and dance & techno music. Age and gender effects in their preferences of music genres and music usage were also discovered and discussed. Bachelor of Communication Studies 2009-02-03T01:11:45Z 2009-02-03T01:11:45Z 1998 1998 Final Year Project (FYP) http://hdl.handle.net/10356/14754 en 42 p. application/pdf
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Music and adolescents in Singapore : their preferences and usage of music.
description Music is a part of everyday life. This is especially true for adolescents, who through their growing up process, rely on music for various purposes. This exploratory study examined the consumption of music by Singaporean adolescents, together with their music preferences and usage. Data were collected primarily from a focus group interview and a survey of 300 school children. Analysis of data showed that adolescents in Singapore consumed an average of more than two hours of music daily, with heavy preference for two music genres, pop and dance & techno music. Age and gender effects in their preferences of music genres and music usage were also discovered and discussed.
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title_short Music and adolescents in Singapore : their preferences and usage of music.
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