Control, curation and musical experience in streaming music services

Creative Industries Journal

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 106-122

  Morris, Jeremy Wade ^a   Powers, Devon ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84949092880     PISSN: 17510694     EISSN: 17510708     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17510694.2015.1090222     Document Type: Article

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