1st Edition

Spotification of Popular Culture in the Field of Popular Communication

Edited By Patrick Burkart Copyright 2021
142 Pages
by Routledge

142 Pages
by Routledge

142 Pages
by Routledge

This edited collection considers various meanings of the "Spotification" of music and other media. Specifically, it replies to the editor’s call to address the changes in media cultures and industries accompanying the transition to streaming media and media services. Streaming media services have become part of daily life all over the world, with Spotify, in particular, inheriting and... Read more

1. Lost in spotify: folksonomy and wayfinding functions in spotify’s interface and companion apps

Amelia Besseny

2. Promises and Pitfalls: The Two-Faced Nature of Streaming and Social Media Platforms for Beirut-Based Independent Musicians

Chris Nickell

3. Beyond the black box in music streaming: the impact of recommendation systems upon artists

Marcus O’Dair and Andrew Fry

4. Revenue, access, and engagement via the in-house curated Spotify playlist in Australia

Benjamin Morgan

5. Metrics and Decision-Making in Music Streaming

Arnt Maasø and Anja Nylund Hagen

6. Digital music gatekeeping: a study on the impact of Spotify playlists and Youtube channels on the Brazilian music industry

Dani Gurgel, Luli Radfahrer, Alexandre Regattieri Bessa, Daniel Torres Guinezi and Daniel Cukier

7. Organizing music, organizing gender: algorithmic culture and Spotify recommendations

Ann Werner

8. What Do We Do with These CDs? Transitional Experiences from Physical Music Media Purchases to Streaming Service Subscriptions

Waleed Rashidi

Biography

Patrick Burkart is Editor in Chief of Popular Communication: The International Journal of Media and Culture (with Christian Christiansen). He is Professor of Communication at Texas A&M University, and author of Why Hackers Win: Power and Disruption in the Network Society (University of California Press, 2019, with Tom McCourt), Pirate Politics: The New Information Policy Contests (MIT Press, 2014), Music and Cyberliberties (Wesleyan University Press, 2010), and Digital Music Wars: Ownership and Control of the Celestial Jukebox (Rowman & Littlefield, 2006, with Tom McCourt).