TikTok Studies
Join this community of TikTok explorers delving into the platform’s rich multicultural dimensions. With this list, you’ll be able to follow diverse researchers who share valuable knowledge, insights, and research methods on exploring this platform. For true FYP addicts! 😎
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@tomdivon.bsky.social
@blakeplease.bsky.social
senior lecturer in communication at hebrew university | researching platforms + cultural production + participatory governance | they/them
@researchbrb.bsky.social
Aspiring adult and media scholar. PhD student in Internet Studies, researching virtual influencers. 🇳🇿 Pākehā studying in Boorloo Perth. 🐨 Living in the frenzy of feeling. 🌟 🏡 Website rachelberryman.com 🦇 Co-founder darcmode.org 📱 Member ierlab.com
@sarareinis.bsky.social
researching internet culture, algorithms, self-help, spirituality, and assorted rabbit holes that strike my fancy | currently: PhD student at Penn Annenberg
@mediaindustries.bsky.social
Academic, Assistant Prof @Uni. of Groningen. More active on Linkedin https://www.linkedin.com/in/smithmehta
@dugstef.bsky.social
Assoc. Prof in Communication Studies at Concordia University. Director of the Digital Intimacy, Gender and Sexuality (DIGS) Lab (digslab.net). Posts and opinions are my own.
@elenamaris.bsky.social
Asst. Professor: Politics of Platforms & AI at University of Illinois at Chicago | Views mine
@ludludlud.bsky.social
Lecturer in Digital Media, University of Leeds @leedsunimedia.bsky.social ✨digital tech & everyday life, experiences of liveness (whatever that means), scrolling nonsense, moods & vibes ✨ ludmilalupinacci.com
@stokel.bsky.social
Tech journalist and author, who increasingly also talks on TV and radio. Interested in the sparks that happen when the online and offline worlds collide @stokel on the other place. Buy my book: How AI Ate the World!
@nicolettelittle.bsky.social
•GBV & multimedia activism •Social media memories & harm •Tech-facilitated violence Adjunct Assistant Professor Media & Tech Studies AND MA of Communications Technology @ U Alberta Coffee, dogs, fall leaves…and rest
@norasuren.bsky.social
PhD candidate (ABD), UMassCommDept 👩🏻🏫 Dissertation Fellow, MIT ✍️ On the academic job market ⚡️
@zaritaylor.bsky.social
critical cultural + media studies scholar tired of switching platforms. thoughts are my own.
@lucinda-nelson.bsky.social
👩🏼💻 PhD candidate @qutdmrc.bsky.social @admscentre.org.au 📚 online misogyny, platform governance, content moderation, automation, structural inequality, violence against women 🏳️🌈 no swerfs no terfs 🏳️⚧️
@laade.bsky.social
PhD candidate at University of Luxembourg 🇱🇺 | consumer protection, platform governance & social media commerce | affilitations @humanadserc @stanfordlaw TTLF |laura.aade@uni.lu
@rscarlets.bsky.social
Postdoctoral researcher PGMT Lab @Uni bremen | CITAP affiliate | Critical Platform Studies | European/German/feminist | first gen | she/her
@reynoldscj.bsky.social
PhD Candidate. Researching user-generated content, free speech, and accountability movements. Still missing GeoCities.
@alexturvy.bsky.social
Internet culture researcher | PhD Candidate in Sociology | alexturvy.com
@taylorannabell.bsky.social
Postdoc for HUMANads, Utrecht University 🔍 influencer cultures & platform governance; everyday experiences of datafication; digital memory work by and through social media platforms 🥝 in 🇳🇱 via 🇬🇧
@ariadnamf.bsky.social
Associate Professor at University College Dublin Social media cultures, platform governance, online harms, and algorithmic systems. Opinions are my own. She/her
@producing2power.bsky.social
comm, media industries, platform, social media, and creator studies scholar (aka "creator anthropologist"). In my past life, I spent decades making TV movies and "producing to power".
@seedwards.bsky.social
PhD candidate, UW-Madison Department of Communication Arts (Media and Cultural Studies). Usually thinking about nation branding+influencers+platforms. Former research intern, Microsoft Research-New England, Social Media Collective. She/her. seedwards.com
@merylalper.bsky.social
Associate Professor of Communication Studies @ Northeastern. Technology, kids, disability, mental health. BOOKS: Digital Youth with Disabilities (MIT 2014) Giving Voice (MIT 2017), Kids Across the Spectrums (MIT 2023) https://bit.ly/kidsacrossthespectrums
@mariahlwellman.bsky.social
Professor & researcher | writing a book on social media influencers and the wellness industry
@estebanmorales.bsky.social
Assistant professor @rug.nl Latinoamericano studying digital culture, platformized violence, and critical data studies. Website: https://esteban-morales.com/
@cgoanta.bsky.social
Associate prof in private law & tech (Utrecht University) & PI ERC Research Stg HUMANads '22-'27 @goanta@someone.elses.computer
@harrytdyer.bsky.social
Digital sociologist, interested in identity, social media, & LGBTQ youth. Course Director of BA Education suite at UEA. Editor of Digital Culture and Education You can find other papers I've written here https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=770gzPq
@katypearce.bsky.social
Associate Prof @uwcomm. I study tech & inequality in 🇦🇲 & 🇦🇿. Posts research & pop culture & parenting. She/her.
@ysabel.bsky.social
qualitative social science academic researching tech + young identities | new book out w/@ucpress: THE KIDS ARE ONLINE | words in @guardian @WIRED @WSJ | she/her find me @ ysabelgerrard.net/home
@robyncaplan.bsky.social
Assistant professor at Duke University. Tech policy, platform governance, mom. I make bad jokes sometimes.
@danijaradent.bsky.social
Senior Research and Teaching Associate at the Media Change and Innovation Division at the Department of Media and Communication Research at the University of Zurich. Internet scholar focusing on diaspora and inequality.
@moaerikssonkrut.bsky.social
PhD | Assoc Prof Media & Comms Umeå University | Digital media research | Crisis and memes | Editor JDSR | Humlab | DIGSUM | Weird double last name 💣
@krystenstein.bsky.social
#firstgen phd asst prof UC blue ash social media + reality TV representation + identity production + political economy mental health + wellness https://krystenstein.com/
@bloggeronpole.bsky.social
💻 Innovation fellow at the Centre for Digital Citizens📱Platform governance researcher 💃🏻 #poledance performer 🍑 Blogger, award-winning activist 🇮🇹 LDNer (she/her) 🧛🏻♀️ Thinking about Buffy like it’s the Roman Empire. https://bloggeronpole.com/all-my-links/
@brookeerinduffy.bsky.social
social media researcher and author associate professor at Cornell University platforms, power, and the creator economy www.brookeduffy.com
@jessrauchberg.bsky.social
social media + digital culture expert. I write about labor + inequalities in the creator economy. hot takes are my own! www.jessrauchberg.com
@jessmaddox.bsky.social
University of Alabama social media professor. Author, “The Internet is for Cats” (Rutgers University Press). Thoughts mine. 👇🏻👇🏻 Subscribe to my free Substack newsletter on all things social media! https://bythewaysocial.substack.com
@tomdivon.bsky.social
Social Media Explorer 🦆 PhDing; Communication; HebrewU Founding Member @weareccsn.bsky.social 🤳🏽 Content Creators 🧲 Audiovisual Memes 🧨 Algos and Hate 📵 Tech Appropriation 👩🏽🎤 TikTok Cultures