Netnography - Could Use Your Help! :)

Hey, I am a student from Dickinson College working on an internet ethnography for an American Studies course. I have used Last.fm in the past but have created separate account for the purpose of this research project. I am additionally working with PopLuver, another student at the college.

We want to determine whether people use Last.fm to discover new music or to simply showcase musical taste/ project an online identity.

For privacy purposes, users who respond to our questions will remain anonymous—we will change your username if we write about your responses.

Additionally, if you would prefer that your responses not be connected to your Last.fm username you can email me at whaleboness@gmail.com

Thank you for your time and cooperation. We greatly appreciate your responses and look forward to reading them!

Questions:

1. Why did you initially sign up for Last. Fm? Do you still use Last.fm for this same purpose?
2. Do you think Last.fm charts accurately reflect your musical tastes? Why or why not?
3. Do you get upset if you cannot scrobble a song? For example, if you are in the car listening to a CD instead of at your computer with the audioscrobbler software.
4. Who do you share your Last.fm profile with?
5. Tell me about the first time a song really influenced you.
6. Last.fm was created in order to share music. Tell me about a time Last.fm recommended a band you really love. If you don’t use Last.fm to discover new music then how do you discover new artists/ bands?
7. What are you top 5 bands/ artists. Why?
8. Have you ever been embarrassed by a song that has scrobbled?

-Lindsey