Hesmondhalgh, D., Campos Valverde, R. orcid.org/0000-0003-3712-6152, Kaye, D.B.V. et al. (1 more author) (2024) Critically Analyzing Platform Interfaces: How Music-Streaming Platforms Frame Musical Experience. International Journal of Communication, 18. pp. 3257-3280. ISSN 1932-8036
Abstract
This article identifies and contributes to a small but growing body of research that critically analyzes the user interfaces of digital platforms and apps. By examining how the interfaces of music-streaming platforms (MSPs) frame musical experience, we test claims that such platforms encourage “functional” and “mood-based” uses of music linked to problematic forms of power and subjectivity. While such framings are indeed evident in MSP interfaces, so too are other, rather different constructions of engagement with music. We argue that one significant power of MSPs is to incorporate diverse forms of musical experience into pervasive hybrids. Our approach advances interface analysis and research on the platformization of culture by illustrating the benefits of critical platform interface analysis through intra-domain platform interface analysis, and by offering general and music-specific taxonomies of digital platform interfaces.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2024 (David Hesmondhalgh, Raquel Campos Valverde, D. Bondy Valdovinos Kaye, and Zhongwei Li). This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC-BY-NC-ND 4.0). |
Keywords: | user interfaces, digital platforms, music streaming, critical platform interface analysis, intra-domain comparison |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Cultures (Leeds) > School of Media & Communication (Leeds) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 17 Jul 2024 08:48 |
Last Modified: | 17 Jul 2024 08:48 |
Published Version: | https://ijoc.org/index.php/ijoc/article/view/21989 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | USC Annenberg Press |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:214867 |