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/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.
- Metadata:
- xml
- Published as:
- Book chapter Show details
- 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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