Discovering Spotify - A Thematic Introduction

Rasmus Fleischer; Pelle Snickars

doi:10.3384/cu.2000.1525.1792130

Authors

Rasmus Fleischer Stockholm University
Pelle Snickars Umeå University

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3384/cu.2000.1525.1792130

Keywords:

Editorial

Abstract

No abstract available.

Author Biography

Rasmus Fleischer, Stockholm University

Rasmus Fleischer is a postdoctoral researcher at the Department of Economic History. His main research interests are located in the intersections of cultural economy, media history, and history of consumption. So far, an area of special interest has been the commodification of music. But he has also published work on critical theory, crisis theory, nationalism in popular culture, and radical right-wing ideology.

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