Lost in the Shuffle: Technology, History, and the Idea of Musical Randomness

Critical Studies in Media Communication

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 244-264

  Powers, Devon ^a  

^a DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Algorithms; Media History; MP3s; Popular Music; Sound Studies

Indexed keywords

EID: 84903272000     PISSN: 15295036     EISSN: 14795809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15295036.2013.870347     Document Type: Article

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