[Air-L] New book: Popular Music, Technology, and the Changing Media Ecosystem: From Cassettes to Stream

[Tamas Tofalvy]

Dear All,

Together with my co-editor Emília Barna, we are happy to announce the
publication of the edited volume "Popular Music, Technology, and the
Changing Media Ecosystem: From Cassettes to Stream" (Palgrave Macmillan,
2020).

https://www.palgrave.com/de/book/9783030446581

"This book explores the relationships between popular music, technology,
and the changing media ecosystem. More precisely, it looks at
infrastructures and practices of music making and consuming primarily in
the post-Napster era of digitization – with some chapters looking back on
the technological precursors to digital culture – marked by the emergence
of digital tools and platforms such as YouTube or Spotify. The first
section provides a critical overview of theories addressing popular music
and digital technology, while the second section offers an analysis of the
relationship between musical cultures, taste, constructions of
authenticity, and technology. The third section offers case studies on the
materialities of music consumption from outside the western core of popular
music production. The final section reflects on music scenes and the uses
and discourses of social media."

All the best,

Tamas

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Tamas Tofalvy, PhD
Researcher, consultant | Digital media, journalism, popular music
associate prof @ Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Dept. of
Sociology and Communications
project lead @ Hungarian Online and Digital Media History (MODEM) project
M: [0036] 30 488 75 84
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