Playful Activism: Memetic Performances of Palestinian Resistance in TikTok #Challenges

Social Media + Society, Год журнала: 2023, Номер 9(1)

Опубликована: Янв. 1, 2023

Palestinians have long been using social media as a tool for activism. Each platform provides unique socio-technological affordances that shape users’ communicative practices networked publics. Focusing on the video-sharing TikTok, which has taken “serious turn” in recent years, this article examines how Palestinian users performed playful acts of resistance during escalation violence between and Israelis May 2021. Applying multimodal analysis to 500 TikTok videos posted conflict under #gazaunderattack, we identify three memetic templates (#challenge)—(1) lip-syncing, (2) duets, (3) point-of-view—that unfold ways TikTok’s design its play-based ignite affective streams audiovisual content render activism times conflict. Driven by culture imitation competition, enables participation ordinary political emerging events with help looping meme composed collaborative, dialogic, communal socio-technical functions. Playful transforms ritualized performances into powerful instruments makes democratic more relatable, tangible, accessible various audiences.

Язык: Английский

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An extended hedonic motivation adoption model of TikTok in higher education

Education and Information Technologies, Год журнала: 2023, Номер 28(10), С. 13595 - 13617

Опубликована: Март 30, 2023

Язык: Английский

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Protesting the Protest Paradigm: TikTok as a Space for Media Criticism

The International Journal of Press/Politics, Год журнала: 2022, Номер 28(2), С. 362 - 383

Опубликована: Авг. 1, 2022

Though news representations of protest have been studied extensively, little is known about how media audiences critique such representations. Focusing on TikTok as a space for criticism, this article examines users employ the app to respond in mainstream media. Content collected spring 2021 illuminated two very distinct foci discussion protest: Black Lives Matter movement and Capitol riot. Our qualitative content analysis videos their related comments demonstrates employed TikTok’s creative affordances dissect specific representations, apparatus, expand narratives. These findings shed light complex role platform criticism—one that can be used both democratic non-democratic ends.

Язык: Английский

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TikTok as a Key Platform for Youth Political Expression: Reflecting on the Opportunities and Stakes Involved

Social Media + Society, Год журнала: 2023, Номер 9(1)

Опубликована: Янв. 1, 2023

Reflecting on 6 years of our research—which began musical.ly and transitioned into TikTok—we argue that TikTok is a vital space to study social movements due its centrality in youth lives ability give voice political expression richly creative ways. We see the happening as harbinger changing nature this phenomenon, necessary impetus broaden understandings activism today. At same time, we must also consider implications becoming such valuable for politics activism, terms kinds it affords or constrains, power gives platform. In closing, encourage scholars maintain balanced constructive approach researching platform, embrace messiness complexity inherent endeavor—which mirrors platform itself.

Язык: Английский

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You Can (Not) Say What You Want: Using Algospeak to Contest and Evade Algorithmic Content Moderation on TikTok

Social Media + Society, Год журнала: 2023, Номер 9(3)

Опубликована: Июль 1, 2023

Social media users have long been aware of opaque content moderation systems and how they shape platform environments. On TikTok, creators increasingly utilize algospeak to circumvent unjust restriction, meaning, change or invent words prevent TikTok’s algorithm from banning their video (e.g., “le$bean” for “lesbian”). We interviewed 19 TikTok about motivations practices using in relation experience with moderation. Participants largely anticipated would read videos, used evade unjustified while simultaneously ensuring target audiences can still find videos. identify non-contextuality, randomness, inaccuracy, bias against marginalized communities as major issues regarding freedom expression, equality subjects, support interest. Using algospeak, we argue a need improve contextually informed valorize tabooed audiovisual on social media.

Язык: Английский

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Mapping the scholarly landscape of TikTok (Douyin): A bibliometric exploration of research topics and trends

Digital Business, Год журнала: 2024, Номер 4(1), С. 100075 - 100075

Опубликована: Фев. 22, 2024

The TikTok platform has become widely popular among younger generations and influenced various industries aspects of life. This systematic literature review, using bibliometric methods, aims to examine the evolution research from its initial development current status. A total 402 journal articles 2019 2022 were systematically selected Web Science Core Collection. Descriptive statistical analysis identified most contributing academic institutions, nations, journals, scholars, influential studies. Using CiteSpace, three visualization types implemented: cluster views, timezone timeline views. study results indicate that several clusters exist, which summarize important topics such as platform's overall impact on society, politics, culture, well human-centric issues social attachment, functional tics, their implications for public health. According co-word analysis, revolves around body consciousness, behavior, consumer news media. comprehensive mapping provides valuable insights into state knowledge identifies numerous relevant technical areas future investigation. As first review research, this offers an foundation scholarly inquiry in areas.

Язык: Английский

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Facilitating knowledge construction in informal learning: A study of TikTok scientific, educational videos

Computers & Education, Год журнала: 2023, Номер 205, С. 104896 - 104896

Опубликована: Авг. 9, 2023

Язык: Английский

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Analyzing Radical Visuals at Scale

Journal of Digital Social Research, Год журнала: 2024, Номер 6(1)

Опубликована: Март 6, 2024

Research examining radical visual communication and its manifestation on the trending platform TikTok is limited. This paper presents a novel methodological framework for studying mobilization strategies of far-right groups TikTok, employing mixed-method approach that combines manual annotation, unsupervised image classification, named-entity recognition to analyze dynamics visuals at scale. Differentiating between internal external mobilization, we use popularity engagement cues investigate efforts within outside their community. Our findings shed light effectiveness classification when utilized broader framework, as each observed group employs unique characteristics. While Conspiracists flourish in terms overall nationalist protest content succeeds by using variety persuasive attract engage audiences. The study contributes existing literature bridging gap political scale radicalization research. By offering insights into groups, our provides foundation policymakers, researchers, online platforms develop proactive measures address risks associated with dissemination extremist ideologies social media.

Язык: Английский

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The cultural customization of TikTok: subaltern migrant workers and their digital cultures

Media International Australia, Год журнала: 2022, Номер 186(1), С. 29 - 47

Опубликована: Июнь 28, 2022

Migrant construction workers in Singapore produced TikTok videos sharing their structural, social, and health conditions during the pandemic. The platform's user-centered design presents opportunities for marginalized communities to participate content production distribution. created by MCWs richly detailed precarities they faced Through of short videos, made visible dormitory conditions, stringent medical surveillance bodies, mental anxieties from confinement isolation, discussed extensive mobility restrictions imposed on them. They also customized editability features produce edit vernacular entertainment information-sharing, digitally archived platform. user-generated content, responded exclusions host country, undoing mainstream discursive silencing lived experiences as subaltern city-state. Workers’ use activism organizing that center voice agency greater digital mobilities.

Язык: Английский

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Populist Right Parties on TikTok: Spectacularization, Personalization, and Hate Speech

Media and Communication, Год журнала: 2023, Номер 11(2)

Опубликована: Март 30, 2023

Populist parties use social media as a fundamental element of their online communication strategies. This article aims to identify the strategies right-wing populist and politicians on TikTok by measuring set features videos: It evaluates presence hate speech in these messages identification certain groups “enemies” “the people,” also pays special attention differences engagement according entertaining or humoristic features. We apply content analysis transnational sample (<em>N</em> = 293) videos posted following TikTok: Vox Santiago Abascal (Spain), José Antonio Kast (Chile), UK Independence Party (UK). Findings show that while UKIP convey ideology values target state main enemy common person,” used same platform build project his image leadership broadcast content. Only 19% analyzed included elements. Not only was uncommon; it deterred terms number comments well. Contrarily, humour entertainment favoured engagement. conclude might downplay most controversial issues right.

Язык: Английский

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