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What are you doing in a concert? Exploring the listening activity of concertgoers
No full textThe directedness of the listening activity in the context of musical live experiences has been rarely considered in empirical and theoretical research. While some models of musical experience integrate the listener’s directedness of attention and intention (e.g., Brattico et al., 2013; Hargreaves, 2012), empirical evidence regarding the role of auditory directedness is lacking. The question arises: what do music listeners actually listen for when listening to music (e.g., structure, emotions, sound cause) and how does this change within a listening period?A total of 83 individuals were interviewed following public chamber music concerts to explore their aesthetic experiences. A central part of the guideline-based interviews focused on the directedness of listening, aiming to investigate concertgoer’s listening activity and the situational factors that influence it.A qualitative content analysis reveals a significant connection between the directedness of listening and visual perception. Often, gaze determines the listening mode and the shift of directedness and vice versa. Furthermore, it becomes evident that even in the seemingly attentive setting of Western classical concerts, various listening modes and levels of attention are activated in the audience, influenced by factors such as the music itself, stage events, or social factors. Various concrete listening modes and mechanisms of listening mode shifting are presented from the coded data.The results are discussed in the context of a 4E understanding of cognition, referencing previous psychological and philosophical perspectives on the active role of music listeners. The study contributes significantly to conceptualizing musical experience in live music contexts as a multi-modal perceptual activity based on the listener's cognitive directedness. From a methodological perspective, the qualitative analysis provides profound insights into musical auditory activity, which can build the basis for the development of currently lacking quantitative questionnaires for researching listening directness in the future
Artificial Intelligence in Organizations – Employee Acceptance of an AI Tool in the Workplace
No full textThe digital transformation gained an additional facet through recent developments in Artificial Intelligence (AI). Large Language Model-based tools like ChatGPT, Google Gemini, or Microsoft Copilot especially drew much attention, and the occurring advancements are being admired. These tools now enter the working world, calling for empirical sociological research regarding the digital transformation (of work). Accordingly, the presented research deliberates the implications of AI tools for organizations and their members and asks about the workers’ stance toward this newest aspect of digital transformation at the workplace. To unravel this, (early) results of an empirical research project will be presented. The object of the corresponding study is a large corporation that recently granted all its employees access to an AI tool. The online survey takes place three months after the AI tool was made available company-wide and explores the actual usage of the tool, workers’ satisfaction with their company’s approach, and their attitude towards AI. It will illuminate the workers’ acceptance or reluctance towards AI, differentiating between age groups, their management responsibility, occupational groups, and more. A goal is to determine different intra-organizational groups and possible informal practices that go against the ideas of management. Here, the research attaches to organizational sociology, which in recent years has focused increasingly on the digital transformation and has been highly influenced by digital sociology. Informal networks and structures can highly impact the individual worker’s attitude towards organizational change and, therefore, influence the success of the AI implementation. In many regards, the formal structure created by decisions taken by the management is powerless to informal connections and arrangements by workers. Nonetheless, both structures are useful for the organization. So, in examining the usage and attitude towards AI by employees, much is learned about the internal organizational structure and the effects newly implemented digital technologies might have
A Systematic Review of State-of-the-Art Practices in Multi-user Virtual Reality Learning
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More Policies, More Work? An Epidemiological Assessment of Accumulating Implementation Stress in the Context of German Pension Policy
No full textEnergy, pandemics, and urban economics: cost-of-living differences between European cities
No full textGone with the Wind? An Assessment of Germany’s Onshore Wind Industry Amid Rising Chinese Competition
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