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Social Networking: the Benefits of Twitter for Music Fans and Consumers

Due to the evolution of new media technologies, social networking websites have become major avenues for online media consumption. Twitter is one of many proven beneficial for online users. It is utilized for many different reasons, one of which includes music. It is then necessary to know how beneficial Twitter is for music fans and consumers. This study attempts to analyze the benefits of Twitter for music fans and consumers. Using an online survey, different gratification items are measured. Results reveal that some music fans and consumers do use Twitter for music purposes and that there is a statistically significant difference in terms of gratifications between those who use Twitter for music purposes and those who do not.

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:unt.edu/info:ark/67531/metadc115138
Date05 1900
CreatorsPerrilliat, Jessica A.
ContributorsAlbarran, Alan B., Sauls, Samuel, Cha, Jiyoung
PublisherUniversity of North Texas
Source SetsUniversity of North Texas
LanguageEnglish
Detected LanguageEnglish
TypeThesis or Dissertation
FormatText
RightsPublic, Perrilliat, Jessica A., Copyright, Copyright is held by the author, unless otherwise noted. All rights Reserved.

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