This volume documents the 19th edition of the biannual International Association for the Study
of Popular Music. In focus of the conference were present and future developments. For example
the diminishing income potential for musicians as well as the recording industry as a whole
concurrent with the decreasing relevance of popular music in youth culture. This is where
computer games and social media come to the forefront. At the same time the research of
popular music has emancipated itself from its initial outsider.
