David M. Arditi, Ph.D.
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Dr. Arditi is an Assistant Professor of Sociology at the University of Texas Arlington. His areas of expertise are Cultural Studies, Cultural Sociology, Music Industry, Critical Theory, Popular Music Studies, Political Theory, Internet Studies, New Media, Digital Music, Political Economy of the Media, Media Studies, Interdisciplinary Studies, and Cultural Theory.
- 2012 - Ph.D. in Cultural Studies, George Mason University
- 2007 - M.A. in Political Science, Virginia Tech University
- 2005 - B.A. in Political Science, Virginia Tech University
darditi@uta.edu
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Informal Labor in the Sharing Economy: Everyone Can Be a Record Producer
(Fast CapitalismDepartment of Sociology & Anthropology, The University of Texas at Arlington, 2016) -
Would Adorno Download Music? Piracy, the Recording Industry and Reproduction Reconsidered
(Fast CapitalismDepartment of Sociology & Anthropology, The University of Texas at Arlington, 2017) -
iTunes: Breaking Barriers and Building Walls
(Taylor & FrancisDepartment of Sociology & Anthropology, The University of Texas at Arlington, 2013-04-18)With the development of online music distribution, a number of authors argued that independent musicians could compete on equal ground with major record labels. In this article, I explore the effects that online distribution ... -
Digital Downsizing: The Effects of Digital Music Production on Labor
(Wiley Periodicals, Inc.Department of Sociology & Anthropology, The University of Texas at Arlington, 2014-04-04)Music production and reproduction has always been effected by the implementation and adaptation of new technologies. Digital technology works to displace labor in the music industry in two parallel ways. (1) It displaces ... -
The New Distribution Oligopoly: Beats, iTunes, and Digital Music Distribution
(University of California, Santa BarbaraDepartment of Sociology and Anthropology, The University of Texas at Arlington, 2015)
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