A Critical Forum on Media and Culture
A Critical Forum on Media and Culture
Using Tim and Fred Williams’ musical reaction videos as a case study, María Elena Cepeda discusses racial and generational relations between audiences and content creators as potential drivers of change in production and marketing in the music industry.
Read morePaxton Haven explores the current trend of virtual music festivals as both a continuation of the collective politics of dance cultures, but also a new frontier of industry intervention in a live music marketplace depleted by COVID-19.
Read moreIn his second column, Brian Fauteux, drawing on insights from The Cultural Capital Project, examines the ways digital music industry executives have dominated the narrative of streaming music and argues for more voices from the creative laborers who produce content for the streaming music giants.
Read more