The Psychology Behind Headphones

pvt_medic writes "The BBC has an interesting article today about portable music players and personal space. The article is on the research that Dr Michael Bull has done on portable music players. He analyzes them as a "tool whereby users manage space, time and the boundaries around the self." This article goes on to analyze the social and psychological aspects related to listening to music in public with headphones. A good quick read for those who do this."

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bloody new age claptrap

[CAIMLAS]

so, were's the scientifical evidence?

I'm so bloody tired of bleeding heart educational elite that consider social sciences real science. They aren't. Can you consuct economy studies in a controlled environment? No? Well then, it's not a science. Can you conduct natural response studies on humans? No? Well then, it's not science.

It might be a discipline, but stop being a fool and passing your limited study off as a real science for the sake of funding and/or acceptance. It's dastardly and insulting.

Re:So true.

[flint]

This thread's amateurish psych analysis is beginning to grate. All of the billions who have lived and died without ever having been on a subway can't possibly have found happiness without daily verbal interaction with strangers.

Yep life is better on a subway.