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F#%@ that noise: SoundCloud as (A‐)social media?
Author(s) -
Hubbles Chris,
McDonald David W.,
Lee Jin Ha
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
proceedings of the association for information science and technology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.193
H-Index - 14
ISSN - 2373-9231
DOI - 10.1002/pra2.2017.14505401020
Subject(s) - upload , function (biology) , social media , computer science , audience participation , human–computer interaction , order (exchange) , world wide web , multimedia , internet privacy , finance , evolutionary biology , economics , biology
SoundCloud is an audio uploading, streaming and sharing website. The site allows listeners to leave public comments at specific time stamps within a graphical display of an audio file as it plays and offers support for user communication through a publicly viewable reply function. We extracted user comments and conducted a qualitative content analysis in order to characterize and examine participation on the site. Commenting consisted primarily of short, positive comments toward the song or artist and use of the reply function was minimal, though some artists made use of it to communicate with listeners. We speculate that the commenting function is used less as a means toward community‐building or social interaction and more for fostering or indicating shared mutual experiences. Comment design implications are also explored.