From Popular Culture to Popular Politics: TikToking in India and Bangladesh DOI
Ratan Kumar Roy, Ahana Choudhury

Published: Jan. 1, 2023

Twenty-seven year old Mohit Mor was sitting in a photocopy shop and scrolling through his smartphoneSmartphone when two men barged wearing helmets, pointed guns at him, said, "Let us make you Tik-Tok star."

Language: Английский

Introduction to the Special Issue of “TikTok and Social Movements” DOI Creative Commons
Jin Lee, Crystal Abidin

Social Media + Society, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 9(1)

Published: Jan. 1, 2023

This Special Issue of “TikTok and Social Movements” emerges from an attempt to map out the landscape social movements happening on TikTok, drawing online symposium hosted in September 2021 by TikTok Cultures Research Network, a research portal for interdisciplinary scholarship cultures. The recent growing popularity has transformed cultures practices worldwide. Through platform’s participatory affordances, many users find meaningful ways engage with platform its cultures, leading participating variety activist initiatives global awareness, change, civic politics. Within this context, introduction titled begins thinking about how media pop have served as vehicle mobilizing engaging (in)justice politics era media. By situating nascent culture short video, within ongoing discussion digitally mobilized justice, addresses several crucial points consider when discussing that are or interrupted platform. These interrogated more details cultural contexts five case studies three expert commentaries Issue. Specifically, collection papers interrogate TikTok’s interactive creative affordances augmented altered our practices, politics, power dynamics publics various beliefs agendas.

Language: Английский

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Decolonizing Impact Through the Culture-Centered Approach to Health Communication: Mobilizing Communities to Transform the Structural Determinants of Health DOI
Mohan J. Dutta, Satveer Kaur‐Gill,

Selina Metuamate

et al.

Health Communication, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 39(14), P. 3581 - 3589

Published: April 17, 2024

In this issue, we outline the central tenets of culture-centered approach to health communication. What does address when suggesting co-creation voice infrastructures? is theory's methodological emphasis for mobilizing and transforming structures that shape inequalities communities at margins? Drawing on examples interventions in over fifty spread across 17 countries three continents, a large number them housed under umbrella Center Culture-centered Approach Research Evaluation (CARE) Massey University Aotearoa, New Zealand, articulate communicative processes (referring actionable sources targets action) building infrastructures toward structural transformation. For instance, African American organizing framework approach, documented Dutta, Collins, colleagues study 2019, discuss where community members participate co-creating heart information based comparative effectiveness research, an media ecosystem disseminating alongside community-led initiatives growing healthy food, youth activities, activism addressing racist drivers adversely impact health. essay, describe reflected within witness oppressions threaten human margins transformations these organize various facets life livelihood global linked

Language: Английский

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Ephemeral Emotional Resonance: User-Perceived Functional Value Leading to Short-Form Video Use DOI Creative Commons

Xinzhou Xie,

Yanjun Lin,

Qiyu Bai

et al.

Behavioral Sciences, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 15(3), P. 341 - 341

Published: March 10, 2025

With the rapid development of short-form videos, more and people have gained a deep understanding functional value videos. Based on structuration theory, this paper explores reasons why users use The authors conducted questionnaire survey 2613 Chinese short video users, found that bridging social capital played mediating role between users’ perceived videos their In addition, internet self-efficacy moderating role. This finding not only enhances our relational needs, but also highlights crucial in engagement with new medium.

Language: Английский

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Refugees’ Storytelling Strategies on Digital Media Platforms: How the Russia–Ukraine War Unfolded on TikTok DOI Creative Commons
Sara Marino

Social Media + Society, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 10(3)

Published: July 1, 2024

The article discusses how TikTok has emerged as a platform for self-representation and political contestation during the Russia–Ukraine war. Shortly after beginning of conflict, journalists broadcasters have begun to associate events unfolding in those countries with widespread use this among young content creators, refugees, soldiers, civilians. Described “first war” or “WarTok,” conflict Ukraine represents an important example look at uncover increasingly central role platforms spaces where conflicts can be witnessed, documented, shared global audiences real time. research findings illustrate becomes space material affective practices “performed refugeeness” become visible viral due its unique language, formatting style, highly personalized narratives, while creating transnational streaming war-related discourses that not only bypass traditional circuits news sharing, but also activate digital care network crosses borders connects diverse publics. While study is small scale account more in-depth narrative analysis videos, it nevertheless returns significant insights into refugees’ storytelling strategies areas.

Language: Английский

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TikTok and Black political consumerism: Investigating how TikTok use is linked to Black Americans’ activism and identity DOI
Minjie Li

Journal of International and Intercultural Communication, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 17(2), P. 145 - 171

Published: March 11, 2024

Even though TikTok has become a popular yet highly politicized social media platform for change and mobilization, there is little research providing insights into minoritized users. By conducting survey sampling Black users (N = 311), this study examines how people's use information gathering influences their political consumerism (i.e., boycotting, buycotting), activism orientation, racial identity reformation. The results revealed that predicted engagement in consumerism, formal activism, centrality, nationalist ideology. Also, users' perceived network environment politicalness, diversity, authenticity) was positively associated with various apsects of orientation This study's findings on the role Tik Tok resistance, have crucial implications intercultural intracultural communication.

Language: Английский

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Women in STEM on TikTok: Advancing Visibility and Voice Through STEM Identity Expression DOI Creative Commons
Jocelyn Steinke,

Christine Gilbert,

Amanda Coletti

et al.

Social Media + Society, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 10(3)

Published: July 1, 2024

This study investigated portrayals of women in STEM on TikTok focusing their self-presentation identity and use platform features to promote audience engagement. quantitative content analysis examined posts ( N = 400) from a 3-month sample 100 accounts by individuals identified as STEM. Results for STEM-focused showed that these creators provided positive work frequent displays identity, particularly competence self-recognition. However, findings also indicated this community displayed other social group identities less frequently used relatively few would likely enhance suggest are helpful challenging gender-STEM stereotypes, but the dearth highlights need more diverse role models TikTok. In addition, infrequent popular appears be missed opportunity broader Implications media science influencers, communicators, informal outreach professionals discussed.

Language: Английский

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The COVID-19 Pandemic and Precarious Migrants: An Outbreak of Inequality DOI
Satveer Kaur‐Gill, Mohan J. Dutta

Published: Jan. 1, 2023

The COVID-19 pandemic foregrounds the unequal trajectories of infectious diseases globally, coupled with highly effects responses adopted locally, regionally, and nationally (Rydland et al., Humanities Social Sciences Communications 9:1–6, 2022; Bojorquez Lancet 397:1243–1245, 2021; Elers 2020; Habersaat 2020).

Language: Английский

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Culturally Relevant Teaching in Humanities DOI
Surjit Singha

Advances in higher education and professional development book series, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: unknown, P. 121 - 146

Published: Nov. 8, 2023

This chapter examines how educators at Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) Hispanic-serving institutions (HSIs) are adopting culturally responsive pedagogy digital media tools to enrich humanities education. Based on scholarly work pertinent pedagogy, these empower students investigate their cultural identities, cultivate critical thinking, advance literacy. Strategies include curating content with relevance, collaborative publication initiatives, the utilization of e-books multimedia components. Blogs bookmaking initiatives encourage engage in dialogues actively. By incorporating media, HBCUs HSIs prepare for a multicultural, globalized world. highlights transformative practices that promote comprehension celebrate diversity.

Language: Английский

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Hot topics of quantitative-empirical research related to digitalization in cultural education: a mapping review DOI Creative Commons
Alexander Christ, Kathrin Smolarczyk, Stephan Kröner

et al.

Zeitschrift für Erziehungswissenschaft, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 27(2), P. 351 - 392

Published: Dec. 4, 2023

Zusammenfassung Im Kontext des digitalen Wandels haben sich auch kulturelle Aktivitäten verändert. „Klassische“ wurden digital überformt, neue, genuin digitale sind entstanden. Darauf beziehen viele Studien aus verschiedenen Fachdisziplinen, die bislang noch nicht einer simultanen Kartierung nach untersuchter Facette kultureller Aktivität und übergreifenden Themen unterzogen wurden. Für einen Überblick über Schwerpunkte Desiderate quantitativ-empirischer Arbeiten am Schnittpunkt von Digitalisierung Kultureller Teilhabe eignen kartierende Forschungssynthesen (Mapping Reviews). Angesichts der Vielzahl einzubeziehender ist Textmining samt Priority Screening mittels Predictive Modeling hilfreich. Nach Sichtung n = 8500 potenziell relevanten einem Suchergebnis > 250.000 via 3846 inkludiert durch Topic untersuchten Facetten sowie kartiert. resultierten Topics wie Unterricht Schule, Motivation Spaß Kreativität Projekte zum kulturellen Erbe . Zu allen Aktivitäten, jedoch zu Kombinationen mit wurde eine substantielle Menge an identifiziert. Es wird diskutiert, welche Implikationen identifizierten für themenspezifische weitere Originalarbeiten haben. Zusätzlich werden Weiterentwicklung angewendeten Verfahren diskutiert.

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New Trends in Digital Diplomacy DOI
Alicia Fjällhed,

Matthias Lüfkens,

Andreas Sandre

et al.

Oxford University Press eBooks, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: unknown, P. 269 - 288

Published: Jan. 23, 2024

Abstract TikTok’s viral short-video app has seen tremendous global growth, but its adoption in foreign policy and digital diplomacy is still low. Some diplomatic actors have refrained from developing a presence on TikTok due to geopolitical concerns emerging Chinese ownership. Other established the platform ability make content with high engagements, reaching young audience. The chapter observed three principal objectives when employing for diplomacy: 1) educating audiences raising awareness about current issues, including Covid-19 War Ukraine; 2) countering misinformation disinformation; 3) putting vulnerable communities at forefront empowering people. also focuses as case where international geopolitics of algorithmic governance grown salient public debate, hoping serve first step towards theoretical conversation matter. This new interest deeper level influence over political debates, an actor’s participation conversations understanding how can be asserted through structures determining possible scope promoted voices such conversation.

Language: Английский

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