We commonly think of society as made of and by humans, but with the proliferation of
machine learning and AI technologies, this is clearly no longer the case. Billions of …

An innovative investigation of the inner workings of Spotify that traces the transformation of
audio files into streamed experience. Spotify provides a streaming service that has been …

Since its acquisition and rebranding in 2018, TikTok has become one of the fastest growing
platforms in the world. Moreover, it's the first Chinese-developed platform to find mainstream …

While metrics have long played an important, albeit fraught, role in the media and cultural
industries, quantified indices of online visibility—likes, favorites, subscribers, and shares …

The article constitutes a critical intervention in the current, dramatic debate on the
consequences of algorithms and automation for society. While most research has focused …

This article investigates the logics that underpin music curation, and particularly the work of
music curators, working at digital music streaming platforms. Based on ethnographic …

This article conceptualizes algorithmic consumer culture, and offers a framework that sheds
new light on two previously conflicting theorizations: that (1) digitalization tends to liquefy …

Big data is driving the use of algorithm in governing mundane but mission-critical tasks.
Algorithms seldom operate on their own and their (dis) utilities are dependent on the …

This article considers the growing influence of self-styled algorithmic “experts.” Experts build
valuable brands, accumulate notoriety, and piece together careers by selling theorizations of …

As the Streaming Wars continue to heat up, recommendation systems like the Netflix
Recommender System (NRS) will become key competitive features for every major over-the …