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The Streaming Paradox: Untangling the Hybrid Gatekeeping Mechanisms of Music Streaming.

Why does music listening in streaming services seem tied to a superstar economy despite the plenitude of digital music? This article explores what we label the streaming paradox: the way in which plenitude at the outset produces narrowness as the outcome. Based on dissection of the interfaces of str...

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Published in:Popular Music & Society Vol. 45; no. 3; pp. 300 - 317
Main Authors: Maasø, Arnt, Spilker, Hendrik Storstein
Format: Article
Published: Taylor & Francis Ltd Jul2022
Subjects:
Digital music
Gatekeeping
Cultural pluralism
Paradox
Data analysis
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          Department of Sociology and Political Science, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Trondheim, Norway
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