• /r/musictheory: Making Music Theory on Reddit

    Author(s):
    Megan Lavengood (see profile) , Nathaniel Mitchell
    Date:
    2022
    Group(s):
    Society for Music Theory (SMT)
    Subject(s):
    Music--Instruction and study, Internet--Study and teaching, Music theory, Musicology, Social media, Racism, Internet
    Item Type:
    Book chapter
    Tag(s):
    exoticism, forum, moderation, collaborative learning, Music pedagogy, Internet Studies
    Permanent URL:
    https://doi.org/10.17613/y21k-fn80
    Abstract:
    This chapter provides a detailed study of /r/musictheory, a large forum (“subreddit”) for music theory discussion hosted on the platform Reddit.com. Writing as two of the subreddit’s moderators, the authors outline the culture and structure of this public forum and examine the mixed realities of conducting music-theoretical discourse in such a space. The authors show how Reddit’s bottom-up, user-powered culture and pseudonymous user-name system simultaneously create unique environments for collaborative learning while also enabling toxic groupthink behaviors that subvert those opportunities by perpetuating epistemic injustices. The authors conclude the chapter by reflecting on the future of the subreddit in light of these findings.
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    Published as:
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    Pub. DOI:
    10.1093/oxfordhb/9780197551554.013.6
    Publisher:
    Oxford University Press
    Pub. Date:
    2022
    Book Title:
    The Oxford Handbook of Public Music Theory
    Author/Editor:
    J. Daniel Jenkins
    ISBN:
    9780197551554
    Status:
    Scheduled
    Last Updated:
    2 years ago
    License:
    All Rights Reserved

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