Summary
Online social media is known to be one of the most important ways that music fans communicate with each other to maintain, express and enhance their identity as fans. This paper looked at the posts to a …
Understanding online behaviour of rock music fans
This research was conducted by Alicia Perkins at the
University of Newcastle, Australia
Why do music aficionados use online forums?
This research was conducted by Terry O'Sullivan at the Open University, UK
Summary
This paper reports the findings of eight in-depth telephone interviews designed to discover the various ways that people use web forums to discuss orchestral music. The research found that people behave in a variety of different ways online …