HUMA3025
Streaming, Social Media, and Stans: Music Culture in the Platform Era
In this module, you will explore how internet platforms shape music and culture—and vice versa. Music consumption, production, promotion, and fandom have all transformed in the era of streaming and social media platforms, which host a range of everyday interactions with music culture. Furthermore, the aesthetics of the internet have themselves permeated popular music culture across a range of genres and styles. In this module, you will explore topics including received myths, hidden power dynamics, fan politics, invisible labour, and future anxieties concerning music culture in the platform era. You will also gain nuanced understanding of how individuals listen, like, share, comment, stan, and duet in the present day.