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Knoerzer, Lisa, Stark, Robin, Park, Babette and Rolle, Christian ORCID: 0000-0002-2400-2145 (2016). I like reggae and Bob Marley is already dead: An empirical study on music-related argumentation. Psychol. Music, 44 (5). S. 1158 - 1175. THOUSAND OAKS: SAGE PUBLICATIONS INC. ISSN 1741-3087

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Abstract

This study investigates music-related argumentation in different music genres (rock/pop versus classical music) applying a mixed-methods design with three groups (referred to as novices, semi-experts and experts). Participants were asked to compare two versions of a musical piece and justify their preference in individually written argumentation. Arguments were coded by applying a category system with four main categories, namely, attributes of the musical piece, subjective dimensions, context-specific background knowledge and media-related dimensions. Results of quantitative analyses showed that experts formulated longer arguments, referring to more different categories and mentioning more aspects within these categories. Further, a larger proportion of the experts' arguments referred to context-specific background knowledge and attributes of the musical piece, whereas semi-experts' and novices' argumentation consisted to a larger extent of subjective dimensions. For all analyses, there were no differences concerning the two different music genres. A discriminant analysis showed that the participants' ascribed level of expertise was correctly predicted on the basis of their argumentation in 97.3% of the cases. Therefore, the category system provides an effective instrument for representing and evaluating music-related argumentation. Our findings illustrate quantitative and qualitative differences between arguments and build a starting point for developing innovative intervention approaches for fostering music-related argumentation.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID ORCID Put Code Knoerzer, Lisa UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Stark, Robin UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Park, Babette UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Rolle, Christian UNSPECIFIED orcid.org/0000-0002-2400-2145 UNSPECIFIED
URN:	urn:nbn:de:hbz:38-265053
DOI:	10.1177/0305735615614095
Journal or Publication Title:	Psychol. Music
Volume:	44
Number:	5
Page Range:	S. 1158 - 1175
Date:	2016
Publisher:	SAGE PUBLICATIONS INC
Place of Publication:	THOUSAND OAKS
ISSN:	1741-3087
Language:	English
Faculty:	Faculty of Human Sciences
Divisions:	Faculty of Human Sciences > Fachgruppe Kunst und Musik > Institut für Musikpädagogik > Institut für Europäische Musikethnologie
Subjects:	Music
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Keywords Language PREFERENCE Multiple languages Psychology, Educational; Psychology, Applied; Music; Psychology, Experimental Multiple languages
Refereed:	Yes
URI:	http://kups.ub.uni-koeln.de/id/eprint/26505