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  1. 1. IFPI : A Postcolonial Critique of the Trade Body’s Organisational Structure and Ideology

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för musik och bild (MB)

    Author : Andreas Wallin Hageving; [2019]
    Keywords : Africa; Afrobeats; Afropop; Apartheid; Global Music Report; IFPI; Imperialism; Interventionism; Path Dependency; Piracy; Postcolonialism; Power Asymmetries; RIAA; RISA; Afrika; afrobeats; afropop; apartheid; Global Music Report; IFPI; imperialism; interventionism; maktasymmetrier; piratkopiering; postkolonialism; RIAA; RISA; spårbundenhet;

    Abstract : The purpose of this thesis is to present a postcolonial critique that may empower non-Western music industries globally. As per Nigerian music executive Tunde Ogundipe’s reasoning, its analysis isn’t prescriptive – it presents a critical analysis of IFPI’s organisation and ideology, which non-Western stakeholders may use as free strategic business intelligence if/as they please. READ MORE

  3. 2. Environmental Implications of Media Consumption embedded in Digital Ecosystems : A bottom-up systems approach to the perennial case of paperless reading in Germany

    University essay from KTH/Hållbar utveckling, miljövetenskap och teknik

    Author : Joachim Felix Aigner; [2018]
    Keywords : Digitalization; Sustainable Development; Environmental Hot-spots; Bottom-up Analysis; Life Cycle Assessment LCA ; Environmental Impacts; Carbon Footprint; Global Warming Potential; Media Consumption; Digital Ecosystem; Paperless Publishing and Reading; E-Book; E-Magazine; E-Paper; Germany;

    Abstract : Digitalization has been reshaping the media landscape in recent years, often conveying an implicit promise of becoming less dependent on physical resources. At the same time, the current understanding of digital reading goes beyond dedicated e-readers or definable digital media products such as magazines or newspapers. READ MORE

  4. 3. Measurements of Energy Consumptions in Mobile Applications with respect to Quality of Experience

    University essay from Blekinge Tekniska Högskola/Sektionen för datavetenskap och kommunikation

    Author : Kasireddy Sai Suren Kumar; Bojja Vishnu Vardhan; [2012]
    Keywords : Mobile services; Smartphones; Third generation 3G ; Power Monitor; Quality of Experience QoE ;

    Abstract : Nowadays, Third Generation (3G) mobile phones equipped with powerful hardware are becoming popular and dominating the market of cellular com-munication systems. Features such as music and video players, in-built Global Positioning System (GPS) receivers, navigation maps, Internet connectivity and high resolution cameras has converted mobile phones into so called Smartphones. READ MORE