Mónica Sancho
Biographic Data
| ID | 277124 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Mónica Sancho |
| GIVEN NAMES | Mónica |
| FAMILY NAME | Sancho |
| SIGNATURE | SANCHO M |
| AFFILIATIONS | Universidad de Costa Rica |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-3707-062X |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 56 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 4 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2002 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Playing Spotify's game: Artists' approaches to playlisting in Latin America
This paper examines recent transformations in music industries associated with platformization by privileging the perspectives, experiences, and voices of artists. We draw on in-depth interviews with 41 musicians based in two Latin American countries: Costa Rica and Mexico. We analyze how artists perceive the “power” and limitations of playlists, how they think playlists are transforming music industries, and how they associate various forms of p…
Folk theories of algorithmic recommendations on Spotify: Enacting data assemblages in the global South
This paper examines folk theories of algorithmic recommendations on Spotify in order to make visible the cultural specificities of data assemblages in the global South. The study was conducted in Costa Rica and draws on triangulated data from 30 interviews, 4 focus groups with 22 users, and the study of "rich pictures" made by individuals to graphically represent their understanding of algorithmic recommendations. We found two main folk theories:…
Genres as Social Affect: Cultivating Moods and Emotions through Playlists on Spotify
This article bridges work on media technologies and affect theories through an analysis of how users appropriate playlists on Spotify. Our study draws on 30 interviews with users of music streaming services in Costa Rica and an analysis of their accounts on these platforms. We discuss how users create playlists as a means to cultivate affect. The notion of cultivation stresses the dynamic and ritual work involved in producing, capturing, and expl…
Diseño y creación de la base de datos documental del Grupo Godó
Design and development of the Grupo Godó’s document database. The article describes the process by which the corporate database of the mass media group, Grupo Godó, was designed and created. First the author reviews the prior situation that gave rise to the need for the project. Thereafter the characteristics of the database are described in detail: structure, contents, documentary analysis, information flow, and search interfaces. The article co…
Folk theories of algorithmic recommendations on Spotify: Enacting data assemblages in the global South
This paper examines folk theories of algorithmic recommendations on Spotify in order to make visible the cultural specificities of data assemblages in the global South. The study was conducted in Costa Rica and draws on triangulated data from 30 interviews, 4 focus groups with 22 users, and the study of "rich pictures" made by individuals to graphically represent their understanding of algorithmic recommendations. We found two main folk theories:…
Genres as Social Affect: Cultivating Moods and Emotions through Playlists on Spotify
This article bridges work on media technologies and affect theories through an analysis of how users appropriate playlists on Spotify. Our study draws on 30 interviews with users of music streaming services in Costa Rica and an analysis of their accounts on these platforms. We discuss how users create playlists as a means to cultivate affect. The notion of cultivation stresses the dynamic and ritual work involved in producing, capturing, and expl…
Playing Spotify's game: Artists' approaches to playlisting in Latin America
This paper examines recent transformations in music industries associated with platformization by privileging the perspectives, experiences, and voices of artists. We draw on in-depth interviews with 41 musicians based in two Latin American countries: Costa Rica and Mexico. We analyze how artists perceive the “power” and limitations of playlists, how they think playlists are transforming music industries, and how they associate various forms of p…
Diseño y creación de la base de datos documental del Grupo Godó
Design and development of the Grupo Godó’s document database. The article describes the process by which the corporate database of the mass media group, Grupo Godó, was designed and created. First the author reviews the prior situation that gave rise to the need for the project. Thereafter the characteristics of the database are described in detail: structure, contents, documentary analysis, information flow, and search interfaces. The article co…
Genres as Social Affect: Cultivating Moods and Emotions through Playlists on Spotify
This article bridges work on media technologies and affect theories through an analysis of how users appropriate playlists on Spotify. Our study draws on 30 interviews with users of music streaming services in Costa Rica and an analysis of their accounts on these platforms. We discuss how users create playlists as a means to cultivate affect. The notion of cultivation stresses the dynamic and ritual work involved in producing, capturing, and expl…
Folk theories of algorithmic recommendations on Spotify: Enacting data assemblages in the global South
This paper examines folk theories of algorithmic recommendations on Spotify in order to make visible the cultural specificities of data assemblages in the global South. The study was conducted in Costa Rica and draws on triangulated data from 30 interviews, 4 focus groups with 22 users, and the study of "rich pictures" made by individuals to graphically represent their understanding of algorithmic recommendations. We found two main folk theories:…
Playing Spotify's game: Artists' approaches to playlisting in Latin America
This paper examines recent transformations in music industries associated with platformization by privileging the perspectives, experiences, and voices of artists. We draw on in-depth interviews with 41 musicians based in two Latin American countries: Costa Rica and Mexico. We analyze how artists perceive the “power” and limitations of playlists, how they think playlists are transforming music industries, and how they associate various forms of p…
Computer Science (3 works) · Digital Games and Media (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Epistemology (2 works) · Aesthetics (1 works) · Art (1 works) · Big data (1 works) · Communication (1 works) · Cultural Industries and Urban Development (1 works)