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most influential ones contain such dimensions as valence (happy-unhappy), arousal (activeinactive),<br />

<strong>and</strong> dominance (dominant-submissive) (Mehrabian, 1996; Russell, 1980; Thayer,<br />

1989). However, there is no consensus on how many dimensions there should be <strong>and</strong> which<br />

dimensions to consider. For example, a well cited study by Wedin (1972) identified three<br />

dimensions: intensity-softness, pleasantness-unpleasantness <strong>and</strong> solemnity-triviality, while<br />

another study by Asmus (1995) found nine dimensions: evil, sensual, potency, humor, pastoral,<br />

longing, depression, sedative, <strong>and</strong> activity.<br />

Among all these dimensional models, Russell’s model of the combination of valence <strong>and</strong><br />

arousal dimensions (Russell, 1980) has been adopted in a few experimental studies in <strong>music</strong><br />

psychology (e.g., Schubert, 1996; Tyler, 1996), <strong>and</strong> MIR researchers have been <strong>using</strong> similar<br />

taxonomies based on this model (e.g., Kim, Schmidt, & Emelle, 2008; Laurier et al., 2008; Lu et<br />

al., 2006). As shown in Figure 2.2, the original Russell’s model places 28 emotion denoting<br />

adjectives on a circle in a bipolar space consisting of valence <strong>and</strong> arousal dimensions.<br />

In fact, categorical models <strong>and</strong> dimensional models cannot be completely separated.<br />

Gabrielsson <strong>and</strong> Lindström (2001) argued that Hevner’s model suggested an implicit<br />

dimensionality similar to the combination of valence (cluster 2 – cluster 6) <strong>and</strong> arousal (clusters<br />

7/8 – clusters 4/3).<br />

All these psychological models were proposed in laboratory settings <strong>and</strong> thus were criticized<br />

as having a lack of <strong>social</strong> context of <strong>music</strong> listening (Juslin & Laukka, 2004). Therefore, this<br />

dissertation research promises that a set of <strong>music</strong> <strong>mood</strong> categories derived from <strong>social</strong> <strong>tags</strong><br />

would be rich in <strong>social</strong> context, since <strong>social</strong> <strong>tags</strong> are posted in the most natural <strong>music</strong> listening<br />

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