Collaborative Playlists around the World: A Cross‑Cultural User Study

So Yeon Park; Jin Ha Lee; Audrey Laplante; Xiao Hu; Blair Kaneshiro

doi:10.5334/tismir.169

Collaborative Playlists around the World: A Cross‑Cultural User Study

Transactions of the International Society for Music Information Retrieval

Volume 7 (2024): Issue 1

By: So Yeon Park , Jin Ha Lee , Audrey Laplante , Xiao Hu and Blair Kaneshiro

Open Access

|Dec 2024

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Table 1

Total number of participants from each culture, divided into CP user groups (user $U$ ; interested non‑user $N_{i}$ ; uninterested non‑user $N_{n}$ ); mean and standard deviation of age; percentage of female participants; and percentage of student participants. (Most non‑student participants were professionals with occupations ranging from chefs to financial analysts. Few were retired or indicated “N/A”.)

Culture	U	N_i	N_n	Total	Age	Female	Student
HK	10	39	18	67	$\bar{x}$ = 21.7 ( $s$ = 3.6)	66%	96%
KR	12	37	13	62	$\bar{x}$ = 28.5 ( $s$ = 7.3)	66%	64%
QC	9	34	21	64	$\bar{x}$ = 33.9 ( $s$ = 8.8)	55%	33%
US	35	25	9	69	$\bar{x}$ = 27.9 ( $s$ = 7.7)	51%	32%

Table 2

Survey topics, English‑language versions of questions, response types, and respondents (user $U$ ; interested non‑user $N_{i}$ ; uninterested non‑user $N_{n}$ ).

	Topic	Question	Response	Respondents
Q1	Purposes	What purpose(s) does/might a collaborative playlist serve for you?	Free‑text	$U$ , $N_{i}$
Q2	Outcomes	Collaborative playlist(s) have/could... (10 statements, e.g., diversify music library, require less effort to enjoy music, and influence music taste positively).	Ordinal	$U$ , $N_{i}$ , $N_{n}$
Q3	Social connection through music	Please select the option that best represents your opinion on the following statements over the past 5 years (4 statements, e.g., personally, connecting with others through music has declined).	Ordinal	$U$ , $N_{i}$ , $N_{n}$

Table 3

Percentages of free‑text responses, by culture and CP user group (user $U$ ; interested non‑user $N_{i}$ ), that implicated the three purposes and two connotations of the CP Framework. Uninterested non‑users ( $N_{n}$ ) were not asked to provide projected purpose(s) for engaging in CPs. Percentages greater than 45% are bolded.

Culture	User Type	CP Framework
		Purposes			Connotations
		Practical	Cognitive	Social	Utility	Orientation
HK	$U$	50%	30%	30%	20%	20%
	$N_{i}$	31%	46%	33%	15%	44%
KR	$U$	8%	42%	50%	17%	50%
	$N_{i}$	22%	49%	43%	16%	35%
QC	$U$	56%	56%	33%	11%	44%
	$N_{i}$	38%	68%	38%	3%	29%
US	$U$	46%	34%	51%	29%	26%
	$N_{i}$	20%	80%	44%	0%	24%

Table 4

Ordinal responses regarding broader social connection through music. Participants (user $U$ ; interested non‑user $N_{i}$ ; uninterested non‑user $N_{n}$ ) reported their level of agreement, on a scale of 1 to 5, to the following statements: (Q2a) “Diversify my music library,” (Q2b) “Increase ways in which I discover music,” (Q2c) “Require less of my time and effort to discover music,” (Q2d) “Require less of my time and effort to manage music,” (Q2e) “Require less of my effort to enjoy music,” (Q2f) “Make listening to music more enjoyable,” (Q2g) “Change the music that I listen to,” (Q2h) “Positively influence my music taste,” (Q2i) “Make me appreciate music platforms with CPs more,” (Q2j) “Make me more open to new experiences in general.” We report overall model output, significance of individual predictors, and significance from follow‑up pairwise t‑tests ( $* *$ $p < 0.05$ ; $*$ $0.5 \leq p < 0.1$ ).

		CP Usage					Culture
	Model	Predictor		U	N_i	N_n	Predictor		HK	KR	QC	US
Q2a	$F (5, 256) = 6.11$ ,	$F (2, 256) = 12.53$ ,	Means	4.21	4.45	3.87	$F (3, 256) = 2.50$ ,	Means	4.31	4.10	4.41	4.20
	$p_{F D R} < 0.001$	$p < 0.001$	$N_{i} >$	$*$		$* *$	$p = 0.060$
			$U >$			$* *$
Q2b	$F (5, 256) = 3.60$ ,	$F (2, 256) = 8.26$ ,	Means	4.18	4.47	3.98	$F (3, 256) = 0.41$ ,	Means	4.25	4.34	4.34	4.20
	$p_{F D R} = 0.0041$	$p < 0.001$	$N_{i} >$	$*$		$* *$	$p = 0.74$
Q2c	$F (5, 256) = 5.39$ ,	$F (2, 256) = 4.05$ ,	Means	3.85	3.98	3.51	$F (3, 256) = 5.81$ ,	Means	3.94	4.23	3.52	3.68
	$p_{F D R} < 0.001$	$p = 0.019$	$N_{i} >$			$* *$	$p < 0.001$	KR $>$			$* *$	$* *$
								HK $>$			$* *$
Q2d	$F (5, 256) = 4.26$ ,	$F (2, 256) = 5.80$ ,	Means	3.70	3.41	3.02	$F (3, 256) = 2.83$ ,	Means	3.48	3.61	3.05	3.42
	$p_{F D R} = 0.0012$	$p = 0.0034$	$U >$		$*$	$* *$	$p = 0.039$	QC $<$	$*$	$* *$		$*$
			$N_{i} >$			$* *$
Q2e	$F (5, 256) = 5.48$ ,	$F (2, 256) = 5.84$ ,	Means	3.52	3.25	2.79	$F (3, 256) = 4.35$ ,	Means	3.10	3.61	2.86	3.28
	$p_{F D R} < 0.001$	$p = 0.0033$	$N_{n} <$	$* *$	$* *$		$p = 0.0052$	KR $>$	$* *$		$* *$
								US $>$			$*$
Q2f	$F (5, 256) = 10.10$ ,	$F (2, 256) = 13.61$ ,	Means	3.85	3.72	3.03	$F (3, 256) = 6.18$ ,	Means	3.57	3.97	3.20	3.64
	$p_{F D R} < 0.001$	$p < 0.001$	$N_{n} <$	$* *$	$* *$		$p < 0.001$	KR $>$	$* *$		$* *$	$* *$
								QC $<$	$* *$			$* *$
Q2g	$F (5, 256) = 2.50$ ,	$F (2, 256) = 4.05$ ,	Means	3.47	3.87	3.59	$F (3, 256) = 1.51$ ,	Means	3.61	3.63	3.94	3.65
	$p_{F D R} = 0.031$	$p = 0.018$	$N_{i} >$	$*$		$*$	$p = 0.21$
Q2h	$F (5, 256) = 9.35$ ,	$F (2, 256) = 13.43$ ,	Means	3.86	3.99	3.33	$F (3, 256) = 6.05$ ,	Means	3.54	4.16	3.77	3.77
	$p_{F D R} < 0.001$	$p < 0.001$	$N_{n} <$	$* *$	$* *$		$p < 0.001$	KR $>$	$* *$		$* *$	$* *$
Q2i	$F (5, 256) = 11.08$ ,	$F (2, 256) = 24.23$ ,	Means	3.82	3.87	2.93	$F (3, 256) = 1.10$ ,	Means	3.72	3.65	3.41	3.78
	$p_{F D R} < 0.001$	$p < 0.001$	$N_{n} <$	$* *$	$* *$		$p = 0.35$
Q2j	$F (5, 256) = 7.27$ ,	$F (2, 256) = 10.94$ ,	Means	3.73	3.99	3.33	$F (3, 256) = 4.64$ ,	Means	4.03	3.92	3.61	3.52
	$p_{F D R} < 0.001$	$p < 0.001$	$N_{i} >$	$*$		$* *$	$p = 0.0035$	HK $>$			$* *$	$* *$
			$U >$			$* *$		KR $>$				$* *$

Means of CP outcomes connoting benefits to Music Experience (five items, $a l p h a = 0.75$ ) and to Utility (three items, $a l p h a = 0.78$ ) plotted per culture and distinguished by user group (user $U$ ; interested non‑user $N_{i}$ ; uninterested non‑user $N_{n}$ ). Means for individual CP outcomes are in Supplementary Figure SF2.

Means of perception of social connectedness (Q3) per culture as distinguished by CP user group (user $U$ ; interested non‑user $N_{i}$ ; uninterested non‑user $N_{n}$ ).

Table 5

Ordinal responses on broader social connection through music (user $U$ ; interested non‑user $N_{i}$ ; uninterested non‑user $N_{n}$ ). Participants reported their level of agreement, on a scale of 1 to 5, to the following statements: (Q3a) “In my case, personally, connecting with others through music has declined,” (Q3b) “In my case, personally, music has helped to connect with others,” (Q3c) “In general, connecting with others through music has declined,” and (Q3d) “In general, music has helped people connect with others.” We report overall model output, significance of individual predictors, and significance from follow‑up pairwise t‑tests ( $* *$ $p < 0.05$ ; $*$ $0.5 \leq p < 0.1$ ).

		CP usage					Culture
	Model	Predictor		U	N_i	N_n	Predictor		HK	KR	QC	US
Q3a	$F (5, 256) = 3.29$ ,	$F (2, 256) = 3.08$ ,	Means	2.42	2.69	2.98	$F (3, 256) = 2.51$ ,	Means	3.03	2.60	2.66	2.48
	$p_{F D R} = 0.013$	$p = 0.047$	$N_{n} >$	$* *$			$p = 0.059$	HK $>$		$* *$	$*$	$* *$
Q3b	$F (5, 256) = 3.32$ ,	$F (2, 256) = 4.13$ ,	Means	4.02	3.76	3.38	$F (3, 256) = 1.57$ ,	Means	3.72	3.55	3.61	4.03
	$p_{F D R} = 0.013$	$p = 0.017$	$U >$		$*$	$* *$	$p = 0.20$	US $>$		$*$	$*$
			$N_{i} >$			$*$
Q3c	$F (5, 256) = 1.99$ ,	$F (2, 256) = 0.012$ ,	Means	2.64	2.67	2.69	$F (3, 256) = 3.29$ ,	Means	2.99	2.45	2.66	2.57
	$p_{F D R} = 0.081$	$p = 0.99$					$p = 0.021$	HK $>$		$* *$		$*$
Q3d	$F (5, 256) = 3.10$ ,	$F (2, 256) = 4.52$ ,	Means	4.29	4.14	3.82	$F (3, 256) = 1.22$ ,	Means	4.00	4.02	4.08	4.30
	$p_{F D R} = 0.013$	$p = 0.012$	$N_{n} <$	$* *$	$* *$		$p = 0.30$

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.5334/tismir.169 | Journal eISSN: 2514-3298

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Language: English

Submitted on: Jun 21, 2023

Accepted on: Aug 15, 2024

Published on: Dec 10, 2024

Published by: Ubiquity Press

In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services

Publication frequency: 1 issue per year

Keywords:

Collaborative playlist,

Asia,

online collaboration,

user study,

survey

© 2024 So Yeon Park, Jin Ha Lee, Audrey Laplante, Xiao Hu, Blair Kaneshiro, published by Ubiquity Press
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