The hidden dimensions of the musical field and the potential of the new social data

Sociological Research Online

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 11-21

  Beer, David ^a   Taylor, Mark ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cultural tastes; Digital data; Digital methods; Field analysis; Genre; Music; Musical field

Indexed keywords

EID: 84878430368     PISSN: None     EISSN: 13607804     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5153/sro.2943     Document Type: Article

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