Contribution in an anthology

Appeared in: Interdisziplinäre Ansätze

Editor list: Auhagen, W; Bullerjahn, C; Höge, H

Publication year: 2013

Pages: 67-93

ISBN: 978-3-8017-2569-3

eISBN: 978-3-8409-2569-6

URL: https://elibrary.hogrefe.de/content/chapter/99.110005/9783840925696/6.pdf

Edition: 1

Title of series: Musikpsychologie : Jahrbuch der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Musikpsychologie

Number in series: 23

Abstract: 
This article gives an overview of research into the subject ringtones of mobile phones. Essential theoretical insights and previous empirical findings are summarized. They concern the technology of ringtones, cultural differences in the use of ringtones, the function of ringtones as part of lifestyle, identity founder, means of distinction, cultural performance and trigger of memory as well as the influence of ringtones on soundscapes through dissolving the boundary between public and private space. In addition an explorative study is presented, which investigates whether there is a correlation between music preference in general and the choice of the personal ringtone. Therefore 135 passers-by of a municipal pedestrian precinct (9–56 years old, 52 female, 83 male) were asked with the aid of a standardized interview instruction. Among other things it comprised the request to play the standard ringtone of their own cell phone. Other questions concerned the general music preference, the reasons for choosing this ringtone and its origin. Correlations between the preferred music genre and the selected ringtone genre became clear. Technology and origin of the ringtone as well as the reasons for choosing ensured a correspondence between ringtone preference and music preference of varied strength. The age of the interviewees also proved to be of importance.

Harvard Citation style: Bullerjahn, C., Erbe, S. and Groß, H. (2013) Wer klingelt denn da? : Theoretische Überlegungen zur gesellschaftlichen und persönlichen Relevanz von Klingeltönen und eine explorative Studie zur Klingeltonselektion, in Auhagen, W., Bullerjahn, C. and Höge, H. (eds.) Interdisziplinäre Ansätze. 1. Bern: Hogrefe, pp. 67-93. https://elibrary.hogrefe.de/content/chapter/99.110005/9783840925696/6.pdf

APA Citation style: Bullerjahn, C., Erbe, S., & Groß, H. (2013). Wer klingelt denn da? : Theoretische Überlegungen zur gesellschaftlichen und persönlichen Relevanz von Klingeltönen und eine explorative Studie zur Klingeltonselektion. In Auhagen, W., Bullerjahn, C., & Höge, H. (Eds.), Interdisziplinäre Ansätze (1, pp. 67-93). Hogrefe. https://elibrary.hogrefe.de/content/chapter/99.110005/9783840925696/6.pdf