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).

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• 1. Lost in spotify: folksonomy and wayfinding functions in spotify’s interface and companion apps2. Promises and Pitfalls: The Two-Faced Nature of Streaming and Social Media Platforms for Beirut-Based Independent Musicians3. Beyond the black box in music streaming: the impact of recommendation systems upon artists4. Revenue, access, and engagement via the in-house curated Spotify playlist in Australia5. Metrics and Decision-Making in Music Streaming6. Digital music gatekeeping: a study on the impact of Spotify playlists and Youtube channels on the Brazilian music industryDani Gurgel, Luli Radfahrer, Alexandre Regattieri Bessa, Daniel Torres Guinezi and Daniel Cukier7. Organizing music, organizing gender: algorithmic culture and Spotify recommendations8. What Do We Do with These CDs? Transitional Experiences from Physical Music Media Purchases to Streaming Service Subscriptions

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).

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• 1. Lost in spotify: folksonomy and wayfinding functions in spotify’s interface and companion apps2. Promises and Pitfalls: The Two-Faced Nature of Streaming and Social Media Platforms for Beirut-Based Independent Musicians3. Beyond the black box in music streaming: the impact of recommendation systems upon artists4. Revenue, access, and engagement via the in-house curated Spotify playlist in Australia5. Metrics and Decision-Making in Music Streaming6. Digital music gatekeeping: a study on the impact of Spotify playlists and Youtube channels on the Brazilian music industryDani Gurgel, Luli Radfahrer, Alexandre Regattieri Bessa, Daniel Torres Guinezi and Daniel Cukier7. Organizing music, organizing gender: algorithmic culture and Spotify recommendations8. What Do We Do with These CDs? Transitional Experiences from Physical Music Media Purchases to Streaming Service Subscriptions

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).

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• 1. Lost in spotify: folksonomy and wayfinding functions in spotify’s interface and companion apps2. Promises and Pitfalls: The Two-Faced Nature of Streaming and Social Media Platforms for Beirut-Based Independent Musicians3. Beyond the black box in music streaming: the impact of recommendation systems upon artists4. Revenue, access, and engagement via the in-house curated Spotify playlist in Australia5. Metrics and Decision-Making in Music Streaming6. Digital music gatekeeping: a study on the impact of Spotify playlists and Youtube channels on the Brazilian music industryDani Gurgel, Luli Radfahrer, Alexandre Regattieri Bessa, Daniel Torres Guinezi and Daniel Cukier7. Organizing music, organizing gender: algorithmic culture and Spotify recommendations8. What Do We Do with These CDs? Transitional Experiences from Physical Music Media Purchases to Streaming Service Subscriptions