JoSSIT’s ninth issue, coordinated by Juan Bermúdez (University of Music and Performing Arts Graz), will explore the practice and experience of music in short audiovisual formats on digital platforms such as TikTok, YouTube, and Instagram. This issue will gather multidisciplinary research to understand how digital platforms and contexts influence the practice and experience of music and dance.

The rise of social media has transformed how music and dance are created, shared, and experienced, fostering new dynamics between musicians and their audiences. Platforms like TikTok, YouTube, and Instagram offer intimate glimpses into musicians’ lives while enabling audiences to actively participate in music-making through comments, remixes, challenges, and virtual interactions. This interconnected creativity and practice are central to the issue’s theme.

This issue aims to explore the relationships and processes of interconnection between musicians and audiences, focusing on dynamics that extend beyond the platforms themselves. It seeks to examine the complexities of connection and intimacy in the social media era, analyzing how musicians and audiences navigate these evolving relationships. The intimate labor of connection cultivated during musical practices through these digital platforms, approached from various analytical perspectives, is a critical focus for this issue.

We invite contributions from scholars interested in examining musical practices on and through social media from diverse analytical approaches. Submissions may address, but are not limited to, the following topics: