Media Usage in the American Folk Music Community (1996)

Investigator: Maryl Neff

Population: Folk Musicians

Identification method: Population identified from the Folk Alliance membership list and from a folk artist mailing list: Heyman’s Mailing Service of Baltimore Maryland.

Sampling procedure: The researcher took a systematic sample with a random start from the 350 names provided by the Heymans to get 250 names. The other 250 names were taken by the same means from the Folk Alliance membership list. The total sample size was reduced to 471 because postal returns were not considered.

N and Response rate: 57.5 percent (271 of 471)

Publication: http://www.coe.ufl.edu/courses/EdTech/Vault/Folk/Home.htm

Summary: Study investigates the salience, strength, and extent of the folk music network. Moreover, Neff (1996) analyzes the network ties in relation to media usage within the American folk music community.