Machine Listener is an audio essay series featuring musicians, researchers, scientists, and artists whose work intersects with the topic of listening in the digital age. The episodes take a close look at the ways in which the listening sense has transformed through our interactions with technology, and the ways in which technology is informed by the listening sense. Produced by Aimée Theriot with the support of Stimuleringsfonds, NL.

Maria Eriksson is a media scholar and visiting researcher/lecturer at the Department of Art, Culture and Philosophy at Basel University, Switzerland. Her research is located at the intersection of software studies, media archaeology, social anthropology, and science and technology studies and focuses on the interplay between culture and technology.

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“Keep Smiling!”: Time, Functionality and Intimacy in Spotify’s Featured Playlists
Authors: Maria Eriksson, Anna Johansson

Why media companies insist they're not media companies, why they're wrong, and why it matters
Authors: Philip Napoli, Robyn Caplan