What's Behind the Potential Ban on TikTok?
Nick Seaver, assistant professor in the Department of Anthropology at Tufts University, talks about the potential TikTok ban and whether fears about the app’s
Source: newswise.com
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Daniel Cohen · To Monopolise Our Ears: What Spotify Wants · LRB 4 May 2023
For all Spotify’s talk of ‘discovery’, the thing it really cares about is what Mike, the chief scientist at Willow...
Source: lrb.co.uk
Book interview: 'Computing Taste' by Nick Seaver
The gap between technology and culture might not be as wide as we think, says Nick Seaver in his analysis of how music recommender systems are produced.
Nick Seaver Pierre Bourdieu University Of Chicago Press University Of Chicago Tufts University Computing Taste
Source: theiet.org
Hitting the Books: How to build a music recommendation 'information-space-beast'
As of October, music makers are uploading 100,000 new songs every day to streaming services like Spotify.
Source: engadget.com
Has Spotify really wrapped up the mystery of musical taste?
As the streaming giant parcels up the data on our personal listening habits, two authors reflect on how taste is formed – and why our music choices are never entirely our own
Source: theguardian.com