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dc.contributor.authorBaym, Nancy K.
dc.contributor.authorBurnett, Robert
dc.date.accessioned2012-02-07T19:02:49Z
dc.date.available2012-02-07T19:02:49Z
dc.date.issued2009-09
dc.identifier.citationBaym, N. & Burnett, R. (2009) Amateur experts: International fan labor in Swedish independent music. International Journal of Cultural Studies. 12(5): 433–449. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1367877909337857
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1808/8714
dc.descriptionThis is the author's accepted manuscript. The final publication is available from SAGE Publishing at http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1367877909337857.
dc.description.abstractWith the rise of Web 2.0 have come increased opportunities for fans to serve as filters, influencing the global flow of cultural materials. On the one hand, this represents a giant leap forward for fans, who can now serve new roles without industry support. On the other, it represents a potentially exploitative transformation of media industries in which unpaid volunteers do the labor that professionals are paid to do. This paper examines this tension with a close analysis of the global internet scene around Swedish independent music. Interviews with music industry actors and particularly active fans are used to establish the value of fan practices to the industry and to examine how the fans understand the tensions between their own costs and rewards, exploitation and empowerment.
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.publisherSAGE Publishing
dc.subjectFans
dc.subjectFree Labour
dc.subjectMusic Industry
dc.titleAmateur experts: International fan labor in Swedish independent music
dc.typeArticle
kusw.kuauthorBaym, Nancy K.
kusw.kudepartmentCommunication Studies
kusw.oastatusfullparticipation
dc.identifier.doi10.1177/1367877909337857
kusw.oaversionScholarly/refereed, author accepted manuscript
kusw.oapolicyThis item meets KU Open Access policy criteria.
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