My PhD explores the relationships between performers and audiences at live music events. Within crowd psychology much work has been done exploring the crowd’s importance as social phenomena, as well as the psychological processes we undergo when we enter a crowd (Drury and Reicher, 2020), however little work exists looking specifically at music audiences, a type of crowd. My thesis explores this in detail. Specifically, I am interested in whether audiences see themselves as a unified group, and if so when; where leadership exists at these events; what are the boundaries and directions of influence in performer/audience interactions; and what characterises occasions when conflict occurs.
References
Drury, J., & Reicher, S. (2020). Crowds and Collective Behavior. In Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Psychology. https://doi.org/10.1093/acrefore/9780190236557.013.304
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