January 2025

Volume 08 Issue 01 January 2025
Adolescent Identity Construction and Communication Through Music Consumption in Virtual Space
1Iman Sumarlan, 2Rahmadya Putra Nugraha
1Universitas Ahmad Dahlan, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
2Universitas Mercu Buana, Jakarta, Indonesia
DOI : https://doi.org/10.47191/ijsshr/v8-i1-43

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ABSTRACT

Music consumption in the digital era has turned into “ownership” through digital music collections presented by various streaming music services. Streaming music services, such as Spotify, are services that primarily focus on the experience of listening to music by presenting a large collection of music from various musicians and genres to its users. Consumption by individuals can be interpreted as a behavior that defines identity and self-expression. Young people's music consumption provides them with a medium to construct, negotiate and modify their identities; presenting them with a set of strategies to know themselves and to relate to others. The purpose of this study is to explore and describe adolescents' experiences of using new media that give meaning to their identities and music-related communication in virtual spaces. The method used is qualitative research with a phenomenological approach. The object of this research is teenagers who consume the Spotify application continuously.

KEYWORDS:

Identity Construction; Teen; Music; Virtual

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56) Sinclair, G., & Tinson, J. (2017). Psychological ownership and music streaming consumption. Journal of Business Research, 71. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbusres.2016.10.002

57) Sterne, J. (2006). The mp3 as cultural artifact. New Media and Society. https://doi.org/10.1177/1461444806067737

58) Sugiyono, P. D. metode penelitian kuantitatif, kualitatif,dan R&D, Alfabeta, cv. (2016).

59) Sutopo, H. B. (2006). Metode Penelitian Kualitatif: Teori dan Aplikasinya dalam Penelitian.

60) Trocchia, P. J., Apps, M. M., & McNish, S. E. (2011). A Typology Of Music Consumption Motivations. International Business & Economics Research Journal (IBER), 1(9). https://doi.org/10.19030/iber.v1i9.3972

61) Voigt, K. I., Buliga, O., & Michl, K. (2017). Passion for Music: The Case of Spotify. In Management for Professionals (Vol. Part F595). https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-38845-8_12

62) Wong, P., Hogg, M. K., & Vanharanta, M. (2012). Consumption narratives of extended possessions and the extended self. Journal of Marketing Management, 28(7–8). https://doi.org/10.1080/0267257X.2012.698632
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