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No Dead Air! The iPod and the Culture of Mobile Listening

Bibliographic Data

ID22891840
AuthorsMichael Bull (0009-0001-7214-9846, University of Sussex, corresponding author)
Year2005
Volume24
Issue4
Pages343-355
Publication date2005-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueLeisure Studies (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0261-4367 • E-ISSN: 1466-4496
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/0261436052000330447
OpenAlexW2131445977
LanguageEN
Citations received80
References cited14

In this paper I investigate the manner in which Apple iPod users re‐inscribe their experiences of commuting through the use of music. I argue that the new technology of MP3 players gives users unprecedented power of control over their experience of time and space. They do so by managing their mood and orientation to space through the micro‐management of personalised music. The paper analyses iPod users' management of daily urban experience through the use of empirical examples, locating the impulse to use mobile media such as the iPod in patterns of domestic media consumption. It draws upon a variety of urban and social theorists ranging from Sennett, Adorno and Lefebvre.

Consumption · Digital Games and Media · Media Studies and Communication · Music History and Culture

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Unique citing works80
Citations per year3,81
Citation span2005 - 2026 (22)
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