social media and music: The Digital Field of Cultural Production

by H. Cecilia Suhr and Cecilia Suhr

Book Overview

This book explores social networking sites as the digital field of cultural production by loosely drawing from Pierre Bourdieu's notion of field and capital. The book examines four case studies on MySpace, YouTube, Second Life, and Indaba Music, and the roles and the impact they have on the music industry and musicians. In doing so, the author explores the groundbreaking developments that empower independent musicians and problematizes the emergence...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 143311447X
• ISBN13: 9781433114472
• Release Date: March 2012
• Publisher: Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publi
• Length: 139 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.9" x 8.9"