Social media platforms are a place where people look for information and social support for
mental health, resulting in both positive and negative effects on users. TikTok has gained …

TikTok is without any doubt the most popular social media among Gen Zers. Originally born
as a lip-syncing app, it can be exploited in different ways; as such, it represents a new fertile …

Algorithmic radicalization is the idea that algorithms used by social media platforms push
people down digital “rabbit holes” by framing personal online activity. Algorithms control …

Algorithmic conspirituality is the belief that social media algorithms have the capacity to
know users intimately and convey personally meaningful messages at the exact right …

The term “side” has emerged to describe communities on the short-form video app TikTok.
But what discursive work does the metaphor of side do to describe online communities …

While privacy and surveillance are inextricably intertwined, they often co-exist uneasily in
scholarship. This essay argues that while surveillance studies centers questions of …

The editors of this Feature Topic are founding members of the TikTok Cultures Research
Network that focuses on culturally-situated and qualitatively-grounded scholarship on TikTok …

This article investigates the characteristics and communicative values of the popular PoV
meme on TikTok to uncover mechanisms of community building on the platform. An analysis …

How do algorithms shape the experience of facts? Drawing on ethnographic fieldwork in
Limón, Costa Rica, this paper explores the role of algorithms in mediating three kinds of …

Growing awareness of the ubiquity of algorithms online has established a new discursive
space for making sense of their role in individuals' lives and society writ large. Within this …