Clouds and Concerts: Mediation and Mobility in Contemporary Music Culture, 2013

The project "Clouds and Concerts: Mediation and Mobility in Contemporary Music Culture, 2013" comprised three research questions related to the new digital environments in contemporary music culture. First, it aimed at investigating the relationship between live and mediated forms of artist-audience interaction. Of particular interest was how the content and value of liveness has changed with the new forms and combinations of mediation and live performance made possible by online communication and distribution. A second field of investigation was the specific interaction of individual and collective forms of reception of the new digital environments. The third research question aimed at viewing the two other research questions through the focal lens of a particular and personal technology: the mobile phone. The project concerned key challenges linked to the role of music in contemporary society and aimed at exploring the characteristics of digital technology in the field of music as it is in us. The project involved researchers from PhD to professor level with backgrounds from music and media research.

The data includes 23 focus-group interviews collected by the researchers between 2010-2013. Data was collected in 2010 (6 focus groups), 2011 (8 focus groups), 2012 (6 focus groups) and 2013 (6 focus goups).

项目《云端与音乐会：2013年当代音乐文化中的媒介化与移动性》包含三个与当代音乐文化中新数字环境相关的研究问题。首先，它旨在探究艺术家与受众互动的现场形式与媒介化形式之间的关系。特别值得关注的是，在线传播与分发技术所促成的媒介化与现场表演的新形式及组合，如何改变了现场性（liveness）的内容与价值。第二个研究领域是新数字环境下个体与集体接收形式的具体互动。第三个研究问题旨在以一种特定的个人技术——移动电话——为聚焦视角，审视前两个研究问题。该项目关注与当代社会中音乐角色相关的核心挑战，旨在探索数字技术在音乐领域的特性，及其如何融入我们的生活。项目参与者包括从博士到教授级别的研究者，其背景涵盖音乐研究与媒介研究。

数据集包含研究者在2010年至2013年间收集的23组焦点小组访谈。数据收集情况如下：2010年（6组焦点小组）、2011年（8组）、2012年（6组）及2013年（6组）。