TY - GEN
T1 - Usability Evaluation of Music Applications for Stress Reduction
AU - Hai, Moushume
AU - Lacue, Ariana
AU - Zhou, Yuwei
AU - Patel, Yogesh
AU - Roncal, Asturias
AU - Morreale, Patricia
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2021.
PY - 2021
Y1 - 2021
N2 - People use music applications to provide comfort and to help keep their minds relaxed and stress-free. During times of reduced social activity, with corresponding increases in social distancing for health and public safety, many people face high levels of anxiety, loneliness, depression, and stress. Music applications can relive these concerns, by providing access to personal music libraries. However, many users make mistakes while using music applications. These mistakes include not noticing an element, taking a long time to complete a specific task, or failing to complete a task altogether. This can make the product difficult to use and challenging to learn, while failing to provide a pleasant, enjoyable experience. In this research, a comparative analysis was conducted with 20 users between 18–24 years old to investigate the interface design and functionality of the Spotify and Apple Music using human computer interaction methods and tools. The findings indicate the differences and similarities between the two user interfaces, indicating which music application platform provides a better user experience, particularly for users seeking stress reduction.
AB - People use music applications to provide comfort and to help keep their minds relaxed and stress-free. During times of reduced social activity, with corresponding increases in social distancing for health and public safety, many people face high levels of anxiety, loneliness, depression, and stress. Music applications can relive these concerns, by providing access to personal music libraries. However, many users make mistakes while using music applications. These mistakes include not noticing an element, taking a long time to complete a specific task, or failing to complete a task altogether. This can make the product difficult to use and challenging to learn, while failing to provide a pleasant, enjoyable experience. In this research, a comparative analysis was conducted with 20 users between 18–24 years old to investigate the interface design and functionality of the Spotify and Apple Music using human computer interaction methods and tools. The findings indicate the differences and similarities between the two user interfaces, indicating which music application platform provides a better user experience, particularly for users seeking stress reduction.
KW - Mobile applications
KW - Music application
KW - Usability evaluation
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85118759182&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1007/978-3-030-78224-5_32
DO - 10.1007/978-3-030-78224-5_32
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85118759182
SN - 9783030782238
T3 - Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
SP - 467
EP - 476
BT - Design, User Experience, and Usability
A2 - Soares, Marcelo M.
A2 - Soares, Marcelo M.
A2 - Rosenzweig, Elizabeth
A2 - Marcus, Aaron
PB - Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH
T2 - 10th International Conference on Design, User Experience, and Usability, DUXU 2021, held as part of the 23rd International Conference, HCI International 2021
Y2 - 24 July 2021 through 29 July 2021
ER -