%0 Conference Paper %1 RN98 %A Bauer, Christine %B 1st Workshop on Designing Human-Centric MIR Systems (wsHCMIR 2019), satellite event to 20th annual conference of the International Society for Music Information Retrieval (ISMIR 2019) %D 2019 %K artist equality music musicplatform myown recommender recsys %P 16-18 %T Allowing for equal opportunities for artists in music recommendation %X Promoting diversity in the music sector is widely discussed on the media. While the major problem may lie deep in our society, music information retrieval contributes to promoting diversity or may create unequal opportunities for artists. For example, considering the known problem of popularity bias in music recommendation, it is important to investigate whether the short head of popular music artists and the long tail of less popular ones show similar patterns of diversity---in terms of, for example, age, gender, or ethnic origin---or the popularity bias amplifies a positive or negative effect. I advocate for reasonable opportunities for artists---for (currently) popular artists and artists in the long-tail alike---in music recommender systems. In this work, I represent the position that we need to develop a deep understanding of the biases and inequalities because it is the essential basis to design approaches for music recommendation that provide reasonable opportunities. Thus, research needs to investigate the various reasons that hinder equal opportunity and diversity in music recommendation.

@inproceedings{RN98, abstract = {Promoting diversity in the music sector is widely discussed on the media. While the major problem may lie deep in our society, music information retrieval contributes to promoting diversity or may create unequal opportunities for artists. For example, considering the known problem of popularity bias in music recommendation, it is important to investigate whether the short head of popular music artists and the long tail of less popular ones show similar patterns of diversity---in terms of, for example, age, gender, or ethnic origin---or the popularity bias amplifies a positive or negative effect. I advocate for reasonable opportunities for artists---for (currently) popular artists and artists in the long-tail alike---in music recommender systems. In this work, I represent the position that we need to develop a deep understanding of the biases and inequalities because it is the essential basis to design approaches for music recommendation that provide reasonable opportunities. Thus, research needs to investigate the various reasons that hinder equal opportunity and diversity in music recommendation.}, added-at = {2019-11-06T23:33:24.000+0100}, author = {Bauer, Christine}, biburl = {https://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/224e450096a6c4f243a12d0b70d137bfc/bauerc}, booktitle = {1st Workshop on Designing Human-Centric MIR Systems (wsHCMIR 2019), satellite event to 20th annual conference of the International Society for Music Information Retrieval (ISMIR 2019)}, eventdate = {2 Nov 2019}, eventtitle = {1st Workshop on Designing Human-Centric MIR Systems (wsHCMIR 2019), satellite event to 20th annual conference of the International Society for Music Information Retrieval (ISMIR 2019)}, interhash = {4f3a03b68730ec4979095bd72211dfe5}, intrahash = {24e450096a6c4f243a12d0b70d137bfc}, keywords = {artist equality music musicplatform myown recommender recsys}, language = {English}, location = {Delft, The Netherlands}, month = nov, pages = {16-18}, series = {wsHCMIR 2019}, timestamp = {2019-11-13T12:18:04.000+0100}, title = {Allowing for equal opportunities for artists in music recommendation}, type = {Conference Proceedings}, venue = {Delft, The Netherlands}, year = 2019 }