TikTok – WISHCRYS

Social Justice Through Social Media Pop Cultures

New from the TikTok Cultures Research Network – an Open […]

Press commentary on TikTok hauls

New press commentary in Sydney Morning Herald on TikTok hauls, corporate tokenism, and decoding what ‘authenticity’ signals for micro-influencers. With research commentary from yours truly, based on my forthcoming book […]

Internet culture

Music Challenge Memes on TikTok: Understanding In-Group Storytelling Videos

In this new article in International Journal of Communication, Aranxta […]

Internet culture

Press commentary on pandemic TikTok

New press commentary in The Age, on pandemic posting patterns among young people on TikTok, and the intercontinental waves and shifts in communicative norms. Read: “Posting positive: The viral craze […]

Influencers

Making Sense of Our Digital Lives

My latest publication was more fun than usual to put together, as I collaborated with artists & illustrators to create a visual and more accessible way to understand social media […]

Internet culture

Inaugural TikTok Syllabus (2021)

The TikTok Cultures Research Network is excited to launch our inaugural TikTok Syllabus, which in 2021 focuses on Teaching Socio-cultural Issues on TikTok. Open Access and available for download on […]

Gender

T Magazine Feature on TikTok e-boys

23 February 2021 update: The article is now online here. * I recently contributed to a feature piece in the New York Times Style T Magazine for a piece on […]

Influencers

Mapping Internet Celebrity on TikTok

It’s my first day back in the office after five weeks of annual leave and wfh, and I am really happy to share my first article of the year, mapping […]

Internet culture

Audio Templates as Identity and Intimacy on TikTok

It is the last day of Digital Intimacies 6 (#DigInt20), and […]

Internet culture

TikTok and Digital Intimacies in the Time of COVID-19: A backstory

Today, I presented some of my ongoing research on COVID-19 […]

Internet culture

‘Cultures of TikTok in the Asia Pacific’ Symposium

I am excited to announce that registration for ‘Cultures of […]

Influencers

Press: Political makeup videos

I spoke to Paris-based reporter Pierre d’Almeida for MIXTE, a French bi-annual fashion and ideas magazine, about the political power of beauty tutorials on TikTok and YouTube. The interview closely […]

Internet culture

Live radio: TikTok and social activism

I have been working on a series of projects looking at how young people are using TikTok for social activism and advocacy, including a pilot project funded by Tencent comparing […]