2021
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2021.647929
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Livestream Experiments: The Role of COVID-19, Agency, Presence, and Social Context in Facilitating Social Connectedness

Abstract: Musical life became disrupted in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Many musicians and venues turned to online alternatives, such as livestreaming. In this study, three livestreamed concerts were organized to examine separate, yet interconnected concepts—agency, presence, and social context—to ascertain which components of livestreamed concerts facilitate social connectedness. Hierarchical Bayesian modeling was conducted on 83 complete responses to examine the effects of the manipulations on feelings of social… Show more

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“…In related research, the frequency that participants felt lonely since the beginning of the pandemic was correlated with the frequency of viewing livestreams in realtime, but not those viewed after they were aired ( Onderdijk et al, 2021 ), therefore participants may be using live virtual concerts to satisfy their missing social needs. Livestreamed concerts may be used strategically in times of social distancing to facilitate social connectedness and mitigate feelings of loneliness and its associated negative health consequences.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…In related research, the frequency that participants felt lonely since the beginning of the pandemic was correlated with the frequency of viewing livestreams in realtime, but not those viewed after they were aired ( Onderdijk et al, 2021 ), therefore participants may be using live virtual concerts to satisfy their missing social needs. Livestreamed concerts may be used strategically in times of social distancing to facilitate social connectedness and mitigate feelings of loneliness and its associated negative health consequences.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Whereas the latter group were most strongly dissociated on hedonic motivations like distraction, daydreaming, negative emotion venting, comfort, and stress reduction, the former group were most strongly dissociated on eudaimonic motivations like spiritual and aesthetic experience, cultural connection, and identification with the artists and others. Felt connectedness with the artist during live-streamed concerts, however, correlated positively with pandemic-induced stress and could be enhanced by wearing virtual reality headsets (Onderdijk et al, 2021b). Social connection was rated higher when virtual concerts were live-streamed in real-time rather than played back afterwards (Swarbrick et al, 2021).…”
Section: Moderating Factorsmentioning
confidence: 95%
“…Typical technological solutions adopted by musicians involved different degrees of simultaneity between performers and audience (e.g., Onderdijk et al 2021;Swarbrick et al 2021). For example, virtual concerts that were live-streamed could typically be played back afterwards.…”
Section: Musical Coping Behavioursmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…While availability and skills largely determined adopted solutions, research reveals intriguing relationships between technology and coping potential. Specifically, social connection was felt more strongly by those affected by pandemic-induced stress and could be enhanced by wearing virtual-reality headsets or by streaming live (Onderdijk et al 2021;Swarbrick et al 2021).…”
Section: Musical Coping Behavioursmentioning
confidence: 99%