Pressestimmen
"Confused about how to find new music on the Internet? David Jennings is the Christopher Columbus of digital discovery, and his pioneering book is an extremely helpful map of the complex new world of online music. Equally relevant for music consumers and artists, this is the first book that gets beyond the rhetoric and professionally charts the cartography of the digital music revolution."Andrew Keen, founder of Audiocafe.com and author of The Cult of the Amateur"This is a really important book. David Jennings has done a great job shedding light on all sorts of issues and the pyramids of influence is a fantastic way of talking about the music consumer space. Net Blogs and Rock 'n' Roll is a super read and should be on the shelf of every iLike, last.fm and pandora wanabe out there."Paul Lamere, Search Inside the Music Project, Sun Microsystems
Kurzbeschreibung
Discovery is the next big thing after search. We are approaching the era of the'celestial jukebox'where almost every film, TV programme, music track or book is available from a digital store in the sky. But how do consumers find out about and judge what they might like from such a huge and fast-growing source? Today's fans forage for information, recommendations and playable media or swarm through word-of-mouth and social networking technologies. But discovery is an anarchic process and while new developments in search, recommendation systems, wikis and Web 2.0 all accelerate discovery, it seems there will never be a single dominant discovery method.David Jennings examines the new media revolution and shows how it all works. He introduces the three pillars of digital discovery - TLC - trying out, links and community - explaining how the history, culture and technology of media are interwoven with the rise of personalization and mobile players. He profiles groups of listeners and their different approaches to discovery, showing how new breeds of technology make automated recommendations based on expert coding. Blog culture, personal networks, collaborative webzines and wiki sites - all of these have changed the way we perceive, create and consume media. As a result, getting discovered is harder for creators - while making and deepening a connection with fans is more important than ever for survival and success. Jennings shows creators how to fill the gaps in their knowledge about consumer behaviour, while tapping the energies of fans to pass on recommendations and information to caption the attention of new audiences.