Joe DeWitts Stasis Grid

Author Info

Source Type

Categorical

Definitional

Causal

Evaluation

Action

Jurisdiction

Up to three names,
write them all; 4+,
write first name et
al. (i.e., Smith et
al.)

(popular, scholarly,
trade, government)

Does X exist?

Is X a Y?

Does X cause Y?
Is Y a result of X?

Is it good or bad?
Fair or unfair?
Harmful or
beneficial?

What should be
done about X?

Who is responsible?

1. Anderson,
Tim J. Professor

Scholarly

Does the
traditional
album market
exist anymore?

What is the
music industry
today?

2. Borja, Karla,
Suzanne
Dieringer, and
Jesse Daw.
Professors

Scholarly

Are people that

stream music
more likely to
illegally
download
music?

Are tech-savvy
people more of
a threat to
musical
integrity?

Will giving
music away for
free give artists
more exposure
and, in turn,
more revenue
down the line?
Do collective
attitudes and
peer pressure
cause young
people to pirate
music?
Will music
streaming
effect college
students
tendency to
pirate?

3. Dredge,
Stuart. Music
Reporter

Popular

Selling music
is different
now, and
artists need to
change their
tactics.

Is streaming
making music
less tangible and
personal? Is it
possible to have a
connection to
music if you
cant touch it?

While indie
artists enjoy
posting their
music on
streaming
sites, is there a
way they can
be fairly
compensated?
(due to their
lower streams)

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4. Lendino,

Scholarly

Jamie. Educator

5. Leonard,

Popular

Andrew. Reporter

6. Luckerson,

Mark. Music
Industry Analyst

Is $.007 enough
to properly pay
an artist for their
work?

Does the rise in

the use of
smartphones
contribute to
the want for
streaming
apps?
Are decreased
music sales a
product of
music
streaming?

Are music
streaming sites
good or bad?

Do freesubscribers
hurt artists
when they
stream them?

Popular

Where did
Spotify come
from and who
is in charge?

Spotify had
caused Sweden
to enjoy an
extreme incline
in music sales
and revenue.

Recording
companies can
still turn a profit
in the digital age,
thanks to
streaming

Trade

Will use of
streaming
services
increase?

Do streaming
apps cause
artists to
receive more
exposure?

Is the music
industry, with
respect to the
artists, moving in
a good direction?

Journalist

8. Mulligan,

What is a
music
streaming
platform?

Does taking
ones music off
of Spotify raise
album sales?

Scholarly

Victor. Reporter

7. Milne, Richard.

Are music
streaming
services going
to give the
artists the
compensation
they deserve?
Are people still
willing to buy
music?
Is streaming
the next step of
the music
industry?

Should everyone
subscribe to
streaming sites,
or will that hurt
the music
industry?

What should
be done about
the lowered
music sales
and increased
free music
streaming?

When will the

new rules of
the music
industry, and
who will make
them?

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9. Nguyen,

Scholarly

Are streaming
sites a
substitute or a
complement to
buying music?

Godefroy Dang,
Sylvain Dejean,
and Franois
Moreau.
Professors
10.Seabrook,
John. Reporter

Popular

11.Tyler, Neil S.
Professor

Scholarly

Is streaming
music the best
way to
counteract
piracy?

12. Weijters,
Bert; Goedertier,
Frank;
Verstreken,
Sofie
Educators

Scholarly

13. Wall,

Popular

Examines the
world of online
music and
retrieves
information on
the
demographic
data of
streamers
Will it be worth
it to give
Spotify the
time to evolve?

Matthew.
Business Analyst

Does free
streaming have a
significant effect
on album
sales/live show
ticket sales?
Surveys
whether or not
Spotify
contributed to
the change in
album sales

Gives a
thorough and
detailed history
of music piracy
from the
beginning of
the digital age.
What is
pirating?
Streaming?
Downloading?

Who is the
Featured
Artists
Coalition
(FAC)?

Is Spotify the
music industrys
friend or foe?

Features
information
about the
founder of
Spotify, Daniel
Ek
Record labels
have been
pushing for
legislation to
help with the
piracy problem.

Do peoples
ethics influence
the way they
acquire music?

Is it fair to wait
for music
streaming sites to
pay artists fairly?

What should
be done about
the low
compensation
for artists
work?

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14. Van Buskirk,
Eliot. Music
writer, radio
speaker

Popular

15. "How

Popular

Streaming Will
Impact Music
Sales." Music
Industry Blog

Should artists
be taking more
steps to insure
their own
longevity
rather than
depend on the
way their
music is sold?
Who is still
buying music?

Did iTunes
business model
help dig the
music
industrys
grave?

Are paying
subscribers of
music the new
key
demographic?

Does the ability

to discover
music and
artists faster
and more
globally show
hope in the
future of
streaming?

Spotify and
others are
changing the
culture of music
for the better, as
it benefits artists
in the long run

Artists need to
understand
that they need
to give the
consumer
what they
want, and get
with the times.
Are music
streaming sites
to blame for the
decline in
digital sales
and album
sales?