@inproceedings{95d0f9d4dad740a39ba9fb0ac5d901e1,
title = "Analysis of music tagging and listening patterns: Do tags really function as retrieval aids?",
abstract = "In collaborative tagging systems, it is generally assumed that users assign tags to facilitate retrieval of content at a later time. There is, however, little behavioral evidence that tags actually serve this purpose. Using a large-scale dataset from the social music website Last.fm, we explore how patterns of music tagging and subsequent listening interact to determine if there exist measurable signals of tags functioning as retrieval aids. Specifically, we describe our methods for testing if the assignment of a tag tends to lead to an increase in listening behavior. Results suggest that tagging, on average, leads to only very small increases in listening rates, and overall the data do not support the assumption that tags generally serve as retrieval aids.",
keywords = "Collaborative tagging, Folksonomy, Memory cues, Music listening, Personal information management, Retrieval aids",
author = "Jared Lorince and Kenneth Joseph and Todd, \{Peter M.\}",
note = "Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2015.; 8th International Conference on Social Computing, Behavioral-Cultural Modeling, and Prediction, SBP 2015 ; Conference date: 31-03-2015 Through 03-04-2015",
year = "2015",
doi = "10.1007/978-3-319-16268-3\_15",
language = "English",
series = "Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)",
publisher = "Springer Verlag",
pages = "141--152",
editor = "Kevin Xu and Nitin Agarwal and Nathaniel Osgood",
booktitle = "Social Computing, Behavioral-Cultural Modeling, and Prediction - 8th International Conference, SBP 2015, Proceedings",
address = "Germany",
}