Paula Clare Harper, AB’10, studies music, sound and the internet. An assistant professor of music at the University of Chicago, she coedited a collection of essays brought together in the book “Taylor Swift: The Star, the Songs, the Fans” and is at work on another book titled Viral Musicking and the Rise of Noisy Platforms, which traces the history of online musical virality.
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