Dataset: Music Industry Professionals' Perspectives on Music Streaming Services and Recommendation

<p><strong>Questionnaire response data set</strong><br> Here, we include the data retrieved from participants at Eurosonic Noorderslag 2023, as described in the paper cited above.<br> When using, analyzing, or publishing this data in any way, please make sure to attribute it to the authors and cite it accordingly.<br> <br> We include the data in .xlsx, .csv format (semicolon-separated, and .tsv format (tab-separated). We suggest using the Excel file, as its layout makes it more easily readable.<br> <br> The complete question list as used in the questionnaire is published separately on <a href="https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8121151">https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8121151</a>.<br> <br> <strong>Paper title</strong><br> Looking at the FAccTs: Exploring Music Industry Professionals&rsquo; Perspectives on Music Streaming Services and Recommendations<br> <br> <strong>Paper abstract</strong><br> Music recommender systems, commonly integrated into streaming services, help listeners find music.&nbsp;Previous research on such systems has focused on providing the best possible recommendations for these services&#39; consumers, as well as on fairness for artists who release their music on streaming services.&nbsp;While those insights are imperative, another group of stakeholders has been omitted so far: the many other professionals working in the music industry. They, too, are (in)directly affected by music streaming services. Therefore, this work explores the perspective of music industry professionals. We present a study that addresses the role of streaming services and recommender systems in their jobs.&nbsp;Results indicate this role is significant.&nbsp;Furthermore, participants feel that music recommender systems lack transparency and are insufficiently controllable, for both customers and artists.&nbsp;Finally, participants desire that music streaming services take charge of increasing recommendation diversity, and variety in consumers&#39; listening behavior and taste.</p> <p><strong>Citation</strong><br> Karlijn Dinnissen, Isabella Saccardi, Marloes Vredenborg, and Christine Bauer. 2023. Looking at the FAccTs: Exploring Music Industry Professionals&rsquo; Perspectives on Music Streaming Services and Recommendations. In 2nd International Conference of the ACM Greek SIGCHI Chapter (CHIGREECE 2023), September 27&ndash;28, 2023, Athens, Greece. ACM, New York, NY, USA, 5&nbsp;pages. https://doi.org/10.1145/3609987.3610011</p>