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OLET1821: Music and Social Media
2025 unit information
In this unit of study, students will examine interactions between social media and participants in the music ecosystem: musicians, music learners, the music industry and the audience. Students will examine and respond to case studies of each aspect of this ecosystem. By completing this unit, students will understand the nexus between music and digital forms of communication, and will be able to critically examine the role of a very prevalent form of digital communication in the contemporary world through its interaction with music. No prior music education is presumed in this unit of study.
Unit details and rules
Managing faculty or University school:
Sydney Conservatorium of Music
| Study level | Undergraduate |
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| Academic unit | Analysis, History and Cultural Studies |
| Credit points | 2 |
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At the completion of this unit, you should be able to:
- LO1. Understand the different functions of music in social media
- LO2. Understand how creators (musical and non-musical) use social media to achieve a variety of outcomes
- LO3. Understand how social media can be used to enhance and facilitate music learning
- LO4. Respond in a critical, active and thoughtful way to music in social media
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Semester 2 2025
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