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Nick Prior is a Professor of Cultural Sociology at the School of Social and Political Science, University of Edinburgh. His research focuses on digital sociology, with particular interests in popular music, digital culture, cultural theory, new media, and Japanese popular culture, particularly the phenomenon of Hatsune Miku. He has explored how technology influences music culture from the 1980s to the present, producing a monograph titled 'Popular Music, Digital Technology Society' published in 2018. His work analyzes the impact of digital technologies on music production and consumption, including topics such as digital technology democratization, the rise of amateur cultural production, and sociological examinations of music scenes. Nick has served as Chief Editor for the journal Cultural Sociology and has been involved in various editorial advisory boards. A frequent contributor to academic discourse on cultural sociology, he has co-edited collections on digital sociology and has published extensively in leading journals and books. He is also an electronic musician engaged in various music projects.
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