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

Published Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press, [2024]

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Description 1 online resource (226 pages) Series Transmedia Transmedia (Amsterdam, Netherlands) 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 -- References -- 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 -- References -- 2. Listening and Listeners -- Approaches to Listening -- The Listeners -- Yoshimi -- Sayaka -- Shigeru -- Hikari -- Naoki -- Listening to and through Music -- References -- 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 -- References -- 4. Participation and Proximity -- Popular Music in Japan -- Star Proximity and Parasocial Interactions -- References -- 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 -- References -- 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 -- References -- Bibliography -- Index 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 Analysis Film, Media, and Communication FMC East Asia and North East Asia EA & NE ASIA Media Studies MEDIA Music Studies MUSIC Sociology and Social History SOC & HIS Music, listening, audience, generations, idols, Japan, fans Notes Introduction: Listening, music, generations -- 1: Audiences and Musics -- 2: Listening and Listeners -- 3: The Lost and the Relaxed -- 4: Participation and proximity -- 5: Idols and Virtual idols -- Conclusion: Music generations in the digital age Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on January 02, 2024) Subject Music -- Social aspects -- Japan Generations -- Social aspects -- Japan Music and technology -- Japan Music: styles and genres. Media studies. ART / Digital. MUSIC / Ethnomusicology. SOCIAL SCIENCE / Media Studies. Civilization. Music and technology. Music -- Social aspects. Music: styles and genres. Media studies. SUBJECT Japan -- Civilization -- 1945- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85069378 Subject Japan. Form Electronic book ISBN 904853674X 9789048536740

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