Shedding light on the national identity of local music in Northern Thailand: Design and implementation via responsive web application

Abstract

The aim of this study was to use the management of information technology to improve the collection of Northern traditional music and to store it in a rich and valuable musical database. This traditional music also contains a lot of valuable information about the progenitors and culture of Northern people that is not available elsewhere and tends to get forgotten and lost. Statistical analysis was used to evaluate user satisfaction with the system. Two groups of sample have been collected for testing (n < 30) the satisfactions in topic of graphic user interface, system performance and confidence on web application. The results indicated that the satisfactions of the usefulness of the application of musician and others was not different and the two groups agreed that the use of the web application could support and improve the collection of Northern traditional music by distribution via a responsive web application. The use of suitable management and information technology can provide benefits to society and shed light on the national identity, especially with regard to Northern traditional music.