Manufacturing Hope: Music, Platforms, and the Promise of Opportunity

Manufacturing Hope: Music, Platforms, and the Promise of Opportunity is a social science study that examines the relationship between technology and labor in the twenty-first century. This volume 1 work analyzes the common belief that digital platforms democratize success within the music industry. By utilizing specific economic data, the text explores how streaming services have fundamentally reshaped employment, wages, and business locations.

Ediz Ozelkan uses this social science framework to demonstrate that the rewards for creative labor remain deeply unequal. Manufacturing Hope: Music, Platforms, and the Promise of Opportunity challenges the narrative of viral success by providing a critical look at the actual distribution of opportunity. The book provides a detailed analysis of how modern platforms influence the economic reality for musicians today.