Streaming Sounds

ISBN-13: 9781032226170 / Twarda / 2024 / 192 str.

Australia) Walsh Michael James (University of Canberra

Opis

In a time when music streaming has become the dominant mode of consuming music recordings, this book interrogates how users go about listening to music in their everyday lives in a context where streaming services are focused on not only the circulation of music for users but also the circulation of user data and attention.

Recenzje

"In the space of less than twenty years, music streaming has evolved from a niche practice into a key mode of music distribution and consumption across the world. Never before has so much music been instantly available to so many people. There have been bountiful attempts to examine streaming from a music-industry perspective, but research on the everyday significance of streaming for music fans has lagged behind. As one of the first dedicated books on this topic, Walsh’s Streaming Sounds is critically important reading for anyone interested in how music streaming is used as an everyday resource by music fans and in the presentation of self and the management of social interactions." - Andy Bennett, Griffith University, Australia

Spis treści

Introduction: Streaming and the transformation of music listening  1. User Made Playlists and the Shaping of Social Interaction  2. Platform Generated Playlists and the Curation of Musical Listening  3. Social Media Convergence: Presenting the Self through Music Listening  4. The Networking of Music Streaming: Facilitating Interaction and Obtaining Discretion  5. Ubiquitous Music Streaming: Incorporating Music into the Everyday

O autorze

Michael James Walsh is an Australian sociologist and Associate Professor at the University of Canberra, Australia. His research interests include the sociology of interaction, the writings of Erving Goffman, cultural sociology, technology and music. A chief dimension of his research involves exploring the reception of communication technologies as they relate to and impact on social interaction.