How algorithmic events like Spotify Wrapped can reveal what tech companies really ‘know’ about us

Annabell, Taylor and Rasmussen, Nina (2025) How algorithmic events like Spotify Wrapped can reveal what tech companies really ‘know’ about us. Impact of Social Sciences Blog (30 Jan 2025). Blog Entry.

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Abstract

As 2024 drew to a close, Spotify Wrapped once again took centre stage, transforming our personal music habits into vibrant data stories designed to be shared on social media. Based on their creative research with users, Taylor Annabell and Nina Vindum Rasmussen consider how ordinary people experience Wrapped as an algorithmic event.

Item Type:	Online resource (Blog Entry)
Official URL:	https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsocialsciences/
Additional Information:	© 2025 The Author(s)
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > HM Sociology H Social Sciences > HN Social history and conditions. Social problems. Social reform
Date Deposited:	12 Feb 2025 15:24
Last Modified:	12 Feb 2025 15:24
URI:	http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/127250

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