Author Archives: M

Sonic Sensations of Industry and Fandom at VidCon 2015

Posted on March 4, 2016 by M

As a sociologist of work, my main research focuses on workplace experiences and labor/management relations in media industries. This includes service workers and engineers in the music industry as well as YouTube content creators and routine, “analytic” media workers. In … Continue reading →

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Inhabiting the (aural) Aesthetic Dimension

Posted on August 25, 2013 by M

Numerous memoirs, social-scientific studies, and anecdotal tales of passion and failure reveal cultural work to be a profoundly ambivalent affair. On one hand there are – at least superficially – numerous opportunities for self-expression and self-actualization compared to many other … Continue reading →

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