This book addresses the issue of music consumption in the digital era of technologies. It explores how individuals use music in the context of their everyday lives and how, in return, music acquires certain roles within everyday contexts and more broadly in their life narratives.

Autorentext
Raphaël Nowak is a cultural sociologist affiliated with the Griffith Center for Cultural Research, Australia and is a teaching assistant at the University of Bristol, UK.

Inhalt

Introduction 1. The digital age and material modalities of music consumption 2. Music within everyday life in the digital age 3. Role-normative modes of listening and the affective possibilities of music 4. Music taste as assemblage 5. Rethinking the roles of music through its association with life narratives Conclusion