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Amateur experts: International fan labor in Swedish independent music
dc.contributor.author | Baym, Nancy K. | |
dc.contributor.author | Burnett, Robert | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2012-02-07T19:02:49Z | |
dc.date.available | 2012-02-07T19:02:49Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2009-09 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Baym, 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.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/1808/8714 | |
dc.description | This is the author's accepted manuscript. The final publication is available from SAGE Publishing at http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1367877909337857. | |
dc.description.abstract | With 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.iso | en_US | |
dc.publisher | SAGE Publishing | |
dc.subject | Fans | |
dc.subject | Free Labour | |
dc.subject | Music Industry | |
dc.title | Amateur experts: International fan labor in Swedish independent music | |
dc.type | Article | |
kusw.kuauthor | Baym, Nancy K. | |
kusw.kudepartment | Communication Studies | |
kusw.oastatus | fullparticipation | |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1177/1367877909337857 | |
kusw.oaversion | Scholarly/refereed, author accepted manuscript | |
kusw.oapolicy | This item meets KU Open Access policy criteria. | |
dc.rights.accessrights | openAccess |