• Link to Moseley (2013)
• Read Chapter 1 (p. 11-36) of Darley (2000) only [Link to download chapter]

Readings:

Response:

Watch this short video review of the PC version of Dylan Fitterer’s video game Audiosurf (2008), and using ideas from the assigned readings, compare and contrast the experience of playing Audiosurf with that of Guitar Hero and/or Rock Band (described in Moseley). Your short (150-200) response may touch on how varying degrees of “interactivity” (as understood by Collins) are afforded by each game’s distinct mechanics, questions of immersion/virtuality, the (percieved) difference between active and passive listening, and/or score vs. audio-based visualization techniques.

Originally due for Monday 10/22

Readings:

• Link to Summers (2016)

Cheng: Introduction and Chapter 2 only

Response:

Many of the games consoles that were once used to play the games described in these pieces are no longer available or are only available at great cost to collectors. As a result, researchers sometimes use emulators to reproduce some of the experience of these games. In a short (150-200 word) response, reflect on what is lost when emulators are used in the study of video game music. If possible, refer to one or two specific moments in the readings that you think could have been enriched with reference to the “non-emulable” aspects of playing video games.

Readings:

• LINK TO THELWALL (2018)

Optional

Response:

How can the methodology described in Thelwall (2018) be used to supplement the investigation of Born and Haworth (2017)?

In your short response you may consider some of the following questions:

• Do you think that Thelwall would approve of the use of their method in this context?
• If not, what problems can you imagine that they would find with such a technique?
• Do you think that Born and Haworth would accept conclusions drawn from the use of CFTC?
• If not, what problems can you imagine that they would find with such a technique?

Readings:

Link to Vernallis (2010)

Link to Harper (2016) if you are having trouble getting access through the library

Response:

Write a short (150-200 word) response describing a YouTube video of your choice with a significant musical/audio component (e.g. a music video), focusing on how the disposition of your chosen video on that particular platform changes how you might experience the same video if viewed elsewhere (e.g. on a television screen, on the cinema screen, as a download…). In your answer, you can consider any aspect of the platform: the use of video compression, the commenting system, recommended videos, pre-roll ads etc.

Supplementary:

Links to Internet Archive/Wayback Machine snapshots of Beyoncé user page and YouTube video (c. December 18, 2009)

• https://web.archive.org/web/20091218025916/http://www.youtube.com/user/beyonceVEVO
• https://web.archive.org/web/20091218025431/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CGkvXp0vdng