Character judgements of rap music fans - Kaila C Putter, Dan J Miller, Amy Belfi, James Rees, Amanda E Krause, 2026 Extending Fischoff, we used vignettes to examine people’s perceptions of a hypothetical rap fan accused of murder. Study 1 (N = 300) used a 2 (murder accusation...

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FUTURE RESEARCH could manipulate the lyrical content (e.g., comparing gangsta rap to conscious rap or other sub-genres with positive messaging) to further examine lyrical messaging and its impact on character judgments.

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IMPLICATIONS: Lyrical content must be kept in mind, but rap stereotypes are powerful – outweighing other positive attributes in the fan’s bio.
These findings have implications concerning how rap genre preferences may inform perceptions of criminality in legal settings.

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S2 RESULTS: Holding more positive rap attitudes was associated with the fan being less capable of murder + less sexually aggressive. 86% ascribed the lyrics as rap, even w/a different label.
Findings re: pervasiveness/salience of rap-related stereotypes on character judgements.

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STUDY 2 METHOD: Again, with amended vignettes, Study 2 (N = 504) used a 3 (criminal accusation) x 5 (genre label) experiment to separate the influence of the lyrics from the genre label and further interrogate criminal stereotypes.

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S1 RESULTS: Lyrics + murder accusation were associated with being more capable of murder, while rap lyrics + participants’ rap attitudes were associated with being more sexually aggressive. And greater consideration of the rap lyrics than the murder accusation when rating the fan.
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STUDY 1 METHOD: We amended Fischoff (1999) vignettes. Study 1 (N = 300) was a 2 (murder accusation) × 2 (inclusion of rap lyrics) × 2 (fan gender) experiment asking participants to judge how capable of murder and sexually aggressive they found the fan.

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B'GROUND: To consider whether negative dispositional inferences of rap lyricists (ie, sexual aggressiveness + criminality) extended to rap fans, we did a modified replication and extension of Fischoff’s (1999) investigation of perceptions of a rap lyricist on trial for murder.

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Character judgements of rap music fans - Kaila C Putter, Dan J Miller, Amy Belfi, James Rees, Amanda E Krause, 2026 Extending Fischoff, we used vignettes to examine people’s perceptions of a hypothetical rap fan accused of murder. Study 1 (N = 300) used a 2 (murder accusation...

Today’s #MusicScience #PubChat article: Putter, @danjmiller3.bsky.social, Belfi, Rees & @studylistening.bsky.social (2026). Character judgements of rap music fans. Psychology of Music. doi.org/10.1177/0305...

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highly recommend this conference opportunity - really well designed for student researchers! #OCURA2026

even stacks of issues of Review of International Broadcasting, a small-format newsletter edited and published by Glenn Hauser, fanned out on a wooden table. Visible covers span from 1978 to 1984 and feature a variety of designs including a Radio Beijing illustration, a Radio Australia kangaroo logo, a Radio Peking tower graphic, and black and white photographs. Issue numbers range from 14 to 95.

Stylized DLARC (Digital Library of Amateur Radio & Communications) logo on a red mosaic background, featuring a white radio tower emitting concentric signal waves with lightning bolt shapes, above the bold letters “DLARC.”

🧵 Today is World Amateur Radio Day 📻 and Digital Library of Amateur Radio & Communications (DLARC) is marking it with new collections 📡

Full announcement ⤵️
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#DLARC #WorldAmateurRadioDay #HamRadio #Shortwave

These findings suggest that imagination is shaped by the interaction between music and traffic noise. 💭 -> 🎵 🤝 🚦 Really grateful to collaborate on this work with Jon Prince, Joanna Delalande, and @steffenherff.bsky.social!

Quality time: the new era of hi-fi listening bars Ria Hylton explores how the listening bars — or hi-fi bars – that have become increasingly common in the UK and Europe differ from their Japanese forerunners

"Audiophile sanctuaries for a premium auditory experience, listening bars — or hi-fi bars — are increasingly common in the UK and Europe. They prioritise a top-notch sound system and equipment, but increasingly differ from their Japanese forerunners."

The new era of hi-fi listening bars:

How the NASA Wake-Up Call Went From an Inside Joke to a Beloved Tradition There's no better way to start your day—in space.

First wake up song played for astronauts in space:

Hello, Wally - Jack Jones www.popularmechanics.com/space/a26229...

#MusicScience Conference Opportunity 🎶🧠
🎶 2026 AMPS/APSCOM | Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia [hybrid] | 9-11 December 2026

🎤 Deadline for abstracts due 24 April 2026

🎟 Registration open now: amps.org.au/conference-r...

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vogue. at viva melbourne.

if you can hear this. a comedy festival show show in melbourne.

able to catch a cabaret show and a comedy festival show while in melbourne. #MiEL

alyssia presenting in front of her conclusions slide which is projected on the wall. cawri conference.

alyssia presenting on her DnD for well-being research at the #CAWRI2026 conference.

matt presenting our idea for co-creating communal listening experiences. at the cawri conference.

got to chat #MusicScience and #podcasting at today’s #CAWRI2026 conference.

conference slide displayed on the screen in the concert hall. reads off the name of the conference

enjoying getting to spend my day at the #CAWRI2026 creating wellbeing: youth arts and mental health conference today

street art animals with instruments.

street art animal with a keyboard.

street art animals with listening and recording equipment.

street art animal playing the saxophone.

carlton street art. #MiEL

sheet music dress on display at the ngv.

and a sheet music dress. #NGV #MiEL

laneway art. reads this girl is on fire.

laneway art. cassette tapes in green and pink.

laneway grafito. music notes and hearts.

laneway art. records on the graffiti wall.

laneway #MiEL art. melbourne, vic.

man ray - indestructible object

rodin - the thinker.

#MiEL at the #NGV. melbourne, vic

de peril boombox.

nick cave notebook.

bon scott jacket.

suitcase of masters by tony cohen.

love popping into the australian music vault. #MiEL

in defence of procrastination Procrastination often gets a bad rap in academic writing advice circles. It’s generally seen as a problem to be managed, a symptom of anxiety or perfectionism. In other words, it’s a pr…

Academic writing and procrastination revisited patthomson.net/2026/04/06/i...

It's coming up so quickly, can't wait for the AMPS/APSCOM conference later this year at the Gold Coast! Abstracts are due later this month!!

New scoping review out on music and fear! 😱 The relationship between music and fear is a complex, multifaceted phenomenon, ranging from neurological and embodied levels to musical features, and cultural and multimodal contexts.

Read more in Music & Science: doi.org/10.1177/2059...

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Deadline postponed 🥳 A few more days to work on your abstract and send it our way 🤗 new DL: 12th April

mesa de requiem show póster.

ballet time. #atQPAC #MiEL

magnetic tape columns in the art gallery.

columns (magnetic tape) by kempinas. qld art gallery. #MiEL