Carolin Geyer
1. Purpose
The following article is a “work in progress”-piece that is part of the dissertation with the working title: Music in the audiovisual context of social media short-form videos that was presented at the Doctoral Conference at the Faculty of Music JAMU 2020. The purpose of this article is to provide an insight into the current state of research on music in digital media and my scholarly interest of my dissertation. To achieve this purpose, the article begins with background information on the impact of digitalization on the music industry and musical usage. Followed by a broad definition of music and (social) media. Subsequently the current state of research on the topic will be presented with the help of a brief literature review. The goal is to bring the reader up to date with the current literature on the topic. Furthermore, I will theorize about the subject and state the reasons for my scholarly interest. The article will conclude with future research directions. Pokračovat
