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| Authors: | Janice Denegri-Knott |
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| Institution: | Faculty of Media and Communication, Bournemouth University, Dorset, UK |
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| Abstract: | In this article the MP3 is described as a marketplace icon. The MP3 is a good proxy to understand digital virtual objects of consumption and market mediation in the digital economy. Using the concept of stewardship as a type of compromised possession reliant on devices, software, market mediators and consumers themselves coming together in a particular way, the article maps out some practices that define MP3 consumption today. |
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| Keywords: | MP3 digital music market mediation stewards digital virtual consumption marketplace icon |
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