Social and Emotional Function of Musical Listening: Reasons for Listening to Music

TEKİN GÜRGEN E.

EURASIAN JOURNAL OF EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH, no.66, pp.229-242, 2016 (ESCI) identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: Issue: 66
  • Publication Date: 2016
  • Doi Number: 10.14689/ejer.2016.66.13
  • Journal Name: EURASIAN JOURNAL OF EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH
  • Journal Indexes: Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI), Scopus, TR DİZİN (ULAKBİM)
  • Page Numbers: pp.229-242
  • Keywords: Reasons for Listening to Music, Musical preference, Emotional function of music, Social function of music, PREFERENCES
  • Dokuz Eylül University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

Problem Statement: The reasons that people listen to music have been investigated for many years. Research results over the past 50 years have showed that individual music preference is influenced by multiple factors. Many studies have shown throughout that music has been used to induce emotional states, express, activate, control emotions, relax, and communicate. It can be suggested that asking "how students shape music in their mind, the importance of music, and which genres they listen to and why" can help educators achieve their goals more easily.