- How do the findings of this research compare to your own 'music experience' as a young person?
The findings of the research shows that the computer is no longer the main entertainment hub, this is because of the development of digital technology and technological convergence. Showing that 65% of people would rather use their iPod to listen to music and only 18% listen to music on a CD player; I find that this compared to my own 'music experience' is incorrect as now the technological convergence means that you can do everything and more on your phones. However, I prefer to listen to my music on my iPod, also the only time I listen to music on a CD player is in the car and I barely use my phone for anything music related as it simply doesn't have the memory I require for my music.
My music experience shows this to be wrong as the amount of digital music has increased and that all the music I know to be on my and all my female friends phones and iPods is 'free' content. This is simply because the digital music that need to be paid for is too expensive and it's far easier to just get the 'free' content downloaded straight to your phone with a free app. However, I do believe it is correct that males have a larger digital music collection, as i know that a lot of my phone or iPod memory may be taken up by digital music, but I also have a lot of apps and photos - more than any of my male friends who have more music than photos and apps.
I disagree with this statistic because the P2P decline has changed and more people are using P2P websites like Piratebay to illegally download music, which is at its all time high, shown by the fact all my music on my iPod is 'free' content. So compared to my music experience this is outdated.
