@article{intel:/content/journals/10.1386/jmte.4.2-3.189_1, author = "Waldron, Janice", title = "Conceptual frameworks, theoretical models and the role of YouTube: Investigating informal music learning and teaching in online music community", journal= "Journal of Music, Technology & Education", year = "2012", volume = "4", number = "2-3", pages = "189-200", doi = "https://doi.org/10.1386/jmte.4.2-3.189_1", url = "https://intellectdiscover.com/content/journals/10.1386/jmte.4.2-3.189_1", publisher = "Intellect", issn = "1752-7074", type = "Journal Article", keywords = "online music communities", keywords = "YouTube", keywords = "cyber ethnographic research practice", keywords = "Internet theoretical models and frameworks", abstract = "In this article, I discuss framework models, approaches and theories advanced by new media and social science researchers for conceptualizing and investigating online communities, including the role of YouTube – and the implications this has for music learning and teaching in online and offline contexts. I will draw on my research of one online community – the Online Academy of Irish Music – (www. oaim.ie) to illustrate how these ideas, frameworks and artefacts such as YouTube videos are relevant for and applicable to music education research and practice.", }