Does Reality Television-Style Singing Influence Singing Self-Concept?
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Article Title | Does Reality Television-Style Singing Influence Singing Self-Concept? |
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ERA Journal ID | 9234 |
Article Category | Article |
Authors | Krause, Amanda E. (Author), Forbes, Melissa (Author) and Lowe-Brown, Xanthe (Author) |
Journal Title | Journal of Voice |
Number of Pages | 10 |
Year | 2022 |
Publisher | Elsevier |
Place of Publication | United States |
ISSN | 0892-1997 |
1873-4588 | |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jvoice.2022.06.024 |
Web Address (URL) | https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0892199722001874 |
Abstract | Hypothesis: Due to upward social comparison, we hypothesized that exposure to reality television singing (a technically demanding style of contemporary commercial music singing) would negatively influence singing self-concept compared to hearing amateur singers or plain, unembellished singing by professionals. Study Design and Methods: A between-subjects, online experiment was used. A sample of 212 individuals (Mage = 33.14; 69.30% female) participated in the study. After completing a background section, participants were randomly allocated into one of the experimental conditions (hearing one of four versions of a well-known song: a control version with piano and no singing, amateur singing, professional plain singing, and professional singing in the style of reality television singing). Participants were then asked to judge the performance they heard and to respond to items concerning their singing self-concept (including singing ability). Results and Conclusions: A series of ANCOVAs was used to examine the impact of the experimental condition on the participants’ performance judgments and singing self-concept. The amateur singing was judged as the lowest quality. While there was no significant difference by experimental condition regarding possessing good singing ability, the experimental condition did affect people's singing aspirations and perceived ability to sing along with the performers. The pattern of results suggests that exposure to reality television-style singing may have negative impacts on people's singing self-concept via upward social comparison. Self-concept has been identified as an important predictor of musical engagement and participation and plays a role in motivating action. These results encourage music educators, singing voice pedagogues, and community musicians seeking to promote musical and singing participation to be aware of cultural influences on an individual's singing self-concept. |
Keywords | Contemporary commercial music singing, Musical identity, Singing ability, Singing self-concept, Social comparison theory |
ANZSRC Field of Research 2020 | 360304. Music performance |
529999. Other psychology not elsewhere classified | |
Public Notes | Files associated with this item cannot be displayed due to copyright restrictions. |
Byline Affiliations | James Cook University |
School of Creative Arts | |
University of Melbourne | |
Institution of Origin | University of Southern Queensland |
https://research.usq.edu.au/item/q7901/does-reality-television-style-singing-influence-singing-self-concept
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