This book is about the relationship between media, communication and globalization, explored through the unique empirical study of electronic music practitioners' use of the global social media: MySpace, Facebook, YouTube and Twitter. To understand the significance of the emerging nexus between social media and music in a global context, the book explores various aspects of production, distribution and consumption among electronic music practitioners as they engage with global social media, as well as a...

Includes bibliographical references (p. [157]-172) and index.

Media globalization and global social media -- The emergence of the global social media environment -- The global social media and music nexus -- Social media and music practice -- The logic of social media -- New spaces of global mobility.