{"id":770,"date":"2015-07-23T15:02:32","date_gmt":"2015-07-23T15:02:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/trot\/?p=770"},"modified":"2015-10-13T18:56:51","modified_gmt":"2015-10-13T18:56:51","slug":"social-boundaries-and-music-streaming","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/trot\/2015\/07\/23\/social-boundaries-and-music-streaming\/","title":{"rendered":"Social Boundaries and Music Streaming"},"content":{"rendered":"

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With Apple Music\u2019s launch and services like Spotify and Pandora going strong, music streaming is here to stay. Spotify recently released data on music preferences, giving us a new look into listeners\u2019 lives. Metal rules over pop worldwide<\/a> with the highest listener loyalty, especially with a tight-knit fan community. On the other hand, rigid genre boundaries may fade away<\/a> as streaming listeners feel more comfortable trying just about anything. Demographics also matter<\/a>; listeners \u201cage out\u201d of following popular music, and they do so much faster if they have children. Genres are more than labels on the shelf, though, and have more staying power when they represent social groups. Research shows these changes aren\u2019t just about personal taste\u2014social structure as a stronger effect.<\/p>\n

We still use genre preferences to mark out a range of social boundaries. Education and political tolerance relate to \u201cmusical tolerance,\u201d but people with these broad tastes are also more likely to say they don\u2019t like music associated with uneducated fans (gospel, country, rap and metal).<\/h5>\n