David Arditi

Associate Professor of Sociology, University of Texas at Arlington

David Arditi’s research addresses the impact of digital technology on society and culture with a specific focus on music. His new book, Getting Signed: Record Contracts, Musicians and Power in Society, explores the way musicians’ dreams become their source of exploitation. Arditi is author of iTake-Over: The Recording Industry in the Digital Era and co-editor of The Dialectic of Digital Culture. His research has appeared in Critical Sociology, Popular Music & Society, Journal of Popular Music Studies, Media Fields Journal, and Civilisations. He also serves as Editor of Fast Capitalism.

Experience

–present

Associate Professor of Sociology, University of Texas Arlington

Education

2012

George Mason University, PhD Cultural Studies

Publications

2023

Digital Feudalism: Creators, Credit, Consumption, and Capitalism,
2021

Streaming Culture: Subscription Platforms and the Unending Consumption of Culture,
2020

Getting Signed: Record Contracts and Power in Society,
2020

iTake-Over: the Recording Industry in the Streaming Era,
2019

Dialectic of Digital Culture,
2014

iTake-Over: the Recording Industry in the Streaming Era,