how streaming services changed the way we listen to music
- Written by Michael James Walsh, Associate Professor in Social Sciences, University of Canberra
ShutterstockMusic streaming can alter what was once a private activity into something more seemingly public.
Around 2016, streaming became the dominant way people engaged with recordings of music. Users engage in a constant process of renting music, by perpetually paying to use these services or by providing access to user data. Streaming services...





