How to approach collecting music on streaming services. Issue 1 (1st April 2020) - Sesigür, Onur
Consumption, collection and curation activities on streaming music services are a relatively new phenomenon that has not yet been offered an abundance of ways to be approached. This article addresses the information nature of a song and the collection and curation practices on a streaming platform to propose a methodological approach at the intersection of personal information management (PIM) and collection studies. By discussing the state of ownership and experience on streaming, this methodological approach uses the concept of mediality to redefine the collectible as information and decentralizes it by putting the emphasis on the act of collecting. By viewing streaming songs as collectable information objects and focusing on the interaction and experience a listener has with the songs and the environment of the songs, an outline of how a streaming music collection can be studied is provided. The concepts of bookmark for the streaming song and address book for the personal streaming playlist are proposed to study streaming music consumption, collection and curation at the intersection of PIM and collection studies.