Mailing Lists или меломания в условията на Интернет
Mailing Lists or Melomania in the Conditions of Internet

Summary/Abstract: The study aims to analyze and interpret the discussions of music in mailing lists and especially the stream of fans’ evaluations attracting huge publicity now in the conditions of virtual reality. Both the analysis and the conclusions about the cognitive peculiarities of melomania are based on the material of a common Francophone list of discussions in the field of classical music. It is emphasized that the amateur knowledge of music is based mainly on concrete individual perceptive experience; presented as an end in itself, without any link with one’s experiences and/or the reflection of the beauty of music, scientific truth remains without response, it does not excite the melomaniacs, it does not change their cognitive and/or axiological inclinations. Another virtual phenomenon is discussed, too: the music fans’ webs for music which satisfy a new need - the need for objectifying the passion for music in the forms of the multimedia and in the space of WWW; the need for carrying out a specific reflexive activity in the conditions of contemporary informational life.

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