AUTHOR=De Moya Martínez María del Valle , Segura Tornero Alfredo , Casabon Cedric Marc Alain , Hernández Bravo José Antonio TITLE=The population of Veneto faced with technological consumption of music during the pandemic JOURNAL=Frontiers in Psychology VOLUME=Volume 15 - 2024 YEAR=2024 URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/psychology/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2024.1329531 DOI=10.3389/fpsyg.2024.1329531 ISSN=1664-1078 ABSTRACT=After observing the side effects in Italy as a result of COVID-19 and the Great Lockdown, we wanted to know in more depth some aspects related to how the people of Veneto used IT as an important weapon to fight against forced isolation. To achieve this objective, an ad hoc questionnaire was designed and validated through expert judgment. A total of 338 people who comprised the population sample of the study (n = 338) were obtained. After analyzing the data through SPSS 28, using a mixed methodology considering qualitative and quantitative aspects, the great influence that IT had among the Italian population during the lockdown common aspects of their everyday lives and incorporating some acquired habits (listening to music, for example) into their usual life routines after the return to normality was determined among other features and assessments. In summary, the text highlights how the pandemic influenced music consumption, the popularity of different music genres, the role of soci