Social Media for Good or Evil in Music Learning and Teaching?

Authors

Danielle Sirek, Western UniversityFollow

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

11-2023

Journal

Action, Criticism, and Theory for Music Education

Volume

22

Issue

4

First Page

1

Last Page

11

URL with Digital Object Identifier

https://doi.org/10.22176/act22.4.1

Abstract

Technologies evolve within socio-cultural contexts as responses to shifting needs and modes of encounters among humans and their surrounding environments. The use of technologies alters the very ways in which we interact, communicate, and make meaning of our world—transforming individual and collective perceptions of knowledge, truth, and justice. Yet, surrounding the creation, introduction, manipulation, and use of each technological tool is an ideological bias with the potential to induce benefits and harms. Implementation of existing and emergent technologies must be balanced with ongoing critique of the commodification of musics, teaching, and learning; inequitable distribution of and access to technological resources; and concerns about corporate power and overreach. (MayDay Group 2021, para. 11)

Notes

© Danielle Sirek. The content of this article is the sole responsibility of the authors.

Citation of this paper:

Sirek, Danielle. 2023. Social media for good or evil in music learning and teaching? Action, Criticism, and Theory for Music Education 22 (4): 1–11. https://doi.org/10.22176/act22.4.1