I first came across the internet when I saw the famous web-cam set up by researchers in the
Cambridge University computing department, which they used to keep an eye on the coffee …

With the development of online music distribution, a number of authors argued that
independent musicians could compete on equal ground with major record labels. In this …

This dissertation begins from the premise that Dallas Smythe's attempt to develop a Marxist
'materialist'political economy of media remains a critically important-and unfinished-project …

This chapter provides an extensive overview of key scholarly debates in the field of music
use and the Internet, introducing central strands of analysis as well as previous research in …

As record labels, publishing houses, concert promoters, and artists tackle financial and legal
uncertainties following digitalization, the internet has become central to music consumption …

The purpose of this study is to investigate the digitization impacts and challenges on the
music publishing practices of the Malaysian music industry. This research analyzes how …

In 1999, I was in high school, cruising around in my car with a CD case that held around 100
CDs. That case held my entire music collection, which I acquired through purchases and …

Music artists, both independent and those signed to major labels, use social media to create
awareness and to connect with their target market. The research presented looks at how …