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Do People Value Recorded Music?

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Marshall, Lee·2019·Cultural Sociology
DOI 10.1177/1749975519839524
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Abstract

How much do the majority of people value music, and can or should that level of value be reflected in music’s economic value? The dramatic decline in the economic value of recorded popular music in the 21st century has prompted much debate about music being ‘devalued’ and the perceived ‘value gap’ between music’s socio-cultural and economic values. Using the economic decline of recorded music as a springboard, this article takes a different approach, however. It offers a theoretical analysis of popular music consumption practices organised thematically in terms of ‘music as object’ (focusing on the social values generated and perceived by recorded music artefacts) and ‘music as sound’ (focusing on the way that most contemporary musical experiences are characterised by music being background sound or accompaniment). Overall, the argument is that ‘music’ may not be as culturally valued by people as is commonly assumed. The way that music operates as a low-value entity to many people is perhaps reflected in the cultural and economic contours of the digital music industry, though they are not caused by digitisation per se.

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Authors
Marshall, L.
Affiliations
University of Bristol (GB)
Corresponding author
Marshall, Lee
ORCID
Marshall, Lee
Venue
Cultural Sociology
Publisher
SAGE Publications
Published
2019-05-13
Volume
13
Issue
2
Pages
141-158
ISSN
  • 1749-9755 (ISSN-L)
  • 1749-9763
DOI
10.1177/1749975519839524
OpenAlex
W2944560607
Semantic Scholar
357589f57a6b4d80934f5dda1b7354b8955ce97a
Cited by
51
References
30
Citations by year
2026: 2 · 2025: 5 · 2024: 6 · 2023: 21 · 2022: 6 · 2021: 5 · 2020: 6
FWCI
64.33
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Licence
Locations
  • Cultural Sociology (publishedVersion)
  • Explore Bristol Research (publishedVersion, other-oa)
  • Bristol Research (University of Bristol) (submittedVersion, other-oa)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › Music › Music History and Culture
  • Social Sciences › Business, Management and Accounting › Marketing › Copyright and Intellectual Property
  • Social Sciences › Urban Studies › Cultural Industries and Urban Development
Keywords
music recordings, music consumption, value gap, accompaniment, digital music industry, popular music

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