Dr. E.C.K. (Ed) Spencer

Assistant Professor
Musicology
Media and Performance Studies
e.c.k.spencer@uu.nl

Publications

2025

Scholarly publications

Spencer, E. K. (2025). When Donald Trump Dropped the Bass: The Weaponization of Dubstep in Internet Trolling Strategies, 2011-2016. Twentieth-Century Music, 22(1), 107 - 129. [DOI] [Portal]

2023

Scholarly publications

Spencer, E., Tuters, M., & Knight, P. (2023). How Real is the Illuminati? Investigating Open Source Conspiracism in the age of Black Lives Matter and Vigilant Citizen(s): Report on Digital Methods Initiative (DMI) Winter School Project. https://wiki.digitalmethods.net/pub/Dmi/WinterSchool2023Illuminati/FINAL%20REPORT%206.2.23.pdf
Spencer, E. (2023). Science and Global Conspiracies. Issues in Science and Technology, 39(4).
Spencer, E. (2023). From Contagion to Imitation: On bass drop memes, trolling repertoires, and the legacy of Gabriel Tarde. In H. Rogers, J. Freitas, & J. F. Porfírio (Eds.), Remediating Sound: Repeatable Culture, YouTube and Music (pp. 51-71). Bloomsbury Academic.

2022

Scholarly publications

Spencer, E. (2022). On Internet Subcultures & PC Music (Part II): A Reappraisal: Music and the internet: towards a digital sociology of music. (University of Birmingham Blogs). University of Birmingham. https://blog.bham.ac.uk/digsocmus/2022/03/14/on-internet-subcultures-and-pc-music-part-2/
Spencer, E. (2022). Music to Vomit to: The dubstep drop, the bass face, and the sound of the social web. In M. Ryynänen, H. Kosonen, & S. Ylönen (Eds.), Cultural Approaches to Disgust and the Visceral (pp. 160-174). Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group. [DOI]

2021

Scholarly publications

Spencer, E. (2021). On Internet Subcultures & PC Music (Part I): A Review: Music and the Internet: Towards a Digital Sociology of Music. (University of Birmingham Blogs). University of Birmingham. https://blog.bham.ac.uk/digsocmus/2021/03/25/on-internet-subcultures-and-pc-music-part-1/

2020

Scholarly publications

Spencer, E. (2020). Towards a Digital Sociology of Musical Memes: Music and the Internet: Towards a Digital Sociology of Music. (University of Birmingham Blogs). University of Birmingham. https://blog.bham.ac.uk/digsocmus/2020/10/20/digital-sociology-of-musical-memes/
Spencer, E. (2020). Review of Joe Muggs and Brian David Stevens, ‘Bass, Mids, Tops: An Oral History of Soundsystem Culture’ (MIT Press, 2019). Dancecult: Journal of Electronic Dance Music Culture, 12(1), 85-88. [DOI]
Spencer, E. (2020). Touching Sounds: Re-examining audiotactile affect with reference to ASMR YouTube content and musical production practices. In J. Dack, T. Spinks, & A. Stanovic (Eds.), Sound Art and Music: Philosophy, Composition, Performance (pp. 70-92). Cambridge Scholars Publishing.

2017

Scholarly publications

Spencer, E. (2017). Re-orientating Spectromorphology and Space-form through a Hybrid Acoustemology. Organised Sound, 22(3), 324-335. [DOI]