Functions and meanings of music consumption by low-income children

Abstract

Objective: Identify the functions and meanings that music consumption plays for children from lower working classes. Method: Data collection was done through the triangulation of three methods: participant observation, 17 semi-structured interviews, and the making of drawings with children from low-income families living in the city of Queimados - RJ. Originality/Relevance: This study provided research aimed at the consumption of music by low-income children from a city in the Baixada Fluminense region in the state of Rio de Janeiro, a public little represented in academic researches, presenting different methods of data collection little used in research in the administrative area and serving as a basis for future studies. Results: The research explains the functions that music has, besides pointing out six categories of meanings that music represents for the children studied. Theoretical/methodological contributions: The work contributes to a better understanding of the signs that music represents for the children studied and to broaden the studies on the child consumer from lower working-class families.