Music content from the Internet: Educational aspects in the context of leisure

Abstract

The subject of this paper is to consider the use of music content from the Internet in the context of free time and its functionalisation in education. The paper will deal with the theoretical problematisation of this topic from an interdisciplinary point of view, uniting andragogico-musicological competencies. In that sense, we will try to further elaborate and supplement the existing theoretical and empirical research, the results of which confirm that education appears as a factor in the use of free time, with concrete examples, that is, case studies (including specific media phenomena - for example, music video or computer games, applications, blogs, and others; but also various music practices that are realised via the Internet - creating, performing music or volunteering, and others.). The authors start from the following theoretical platforms which will be the basis for examining the characteristics and functions of music content from the Internet in the context of free time: first there will be examined special characteristics of free time - difficulty of recognising it, its multiple character, hierarchical organisation and mutual diversity; then the basic functions of free time will be looked at (leisure, entertainment and personal development), as well as educational intensities, spheres and specific content of leisure; in the end, music content from the Internet will be established within the theory of "serious leisure".