Ouvindo música na era do streaming: materialidades das plataformas digitais e sua presença na vida dos ouvintes contemporâneos

Abstract

This dissertation aims to bring insights into the way individuals listen to music nowadays, from the context of “platformization of culture” (SANTINI, 2020), in which streaming services, at the same time bring an almost unlimited database of songs, make their presence in the experience of listening to music – based on the recommendation algorithms, playlists and their other material properties. The intention of this work, therefore, is to have a perspective on people who use these technologies in different cultural contexts, through an analysis carried out based on the theory of materiality of communication (FELINTO; ANDRADE, 2005). To this end, some approaches about the listener theory were considered, including the performance of taste (HENNION, 2001) and the potential of music (DENORA, 2004), while seeking to bring an understanding of the materiality of streaming services themselves and how they directly participate in the activities of listeners. Thus, a multi-sited ethnography was carried out with users of streaming platforms from different parts of the world, in order to understand how individuals justify their musical listening actions, at the same time that we were able to monitor the data and results of their activities starting from the machine itself, making considerations about music listening practices on digital platforms and equating the relationship between contemporary listening strategies and tactics.