[Commlist] IJoC Publishes a Special Section on Research Perspectives on TikTok & Its Legacy Apps

International Journal of Communication Publishes a Special Section on
Research Perspectives on TikTok & Its Legacy Apps
This Special Section on Research Perspectives on TikTok & Its Legacy Apps,
guest-edited by Jing Zeng, Mike Schäfer and Crystal Abidin, explores the
sociocultural implications of short videos, with a specific focus on their
technological affordances and platform vernaculars.

Short-video apps, which often feature video content between 15 and 60
seconds long, have become immensely popular around the world in the past
years. Among them, the most iconic and internationally successful example is
TikTok. However, due to its Chinese ownership and popularity among underaged
users, the platform has attracted criticism and has been subjected to close
scrutiny. At the same time, TikTok has emerged as a hub for creativity and
is being utilized by educators and governments to reach out to the younger
demographic. Given the sudden proliferation of interest in and relevance of
the platform, no doubt stimulated by its rapid uptake during the period of
mass self-isolation during the COVID-19 pandemic, the current moment is
opportune for reflecting on TikTok from a range of research perspectives.
This Special Section is among the first collections of articles in the
growing field of studies on TikTok and its legacy apps. It provides a
glimpse of the nascent framings, approaches, methodologies, and applications
of TikTok studies in the field of social media scholarship. Six articles are
included in the collection. In the introductory article, the guest editors
provide an overview of TikTok and related scholarship. In the following
research papers, eleven authors offer their pioneering scholarship on TikTok
and its legacy apps, namely Douyin and Musical.ly. This collection of
studies illuminates how short videos have been deployed as a powerful
communication device by preteens, musicians, scientists, healthcare
professionals, and migrants. Different user communities use TikTok and its
legacy apps to connect, entertain, and educate. The contributing authors
also reflect upon problems associated with these apps' platform logic,
information quality, and governance.
We invite you to read these articles that published in the International
Journal of Communication on July 7, 2021. Please log into ijoc.org to read
the papers of interest. We look forward to your feedback!
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 Research Perspectives on TikTok and Its Legacy Apps—Introduction
Jing Zeng, Crystal Abidin, Mike S. Schäfer

> From Musical.ly to TikTok: Social Construction of 2020's Most Downloaded
Short-Video App
Milovan Savic

You Made This? I Made This: Practices of Authorship and (Mis)Attribution on
TikTok
D. Bondy Valdovinos Kaye, Aleesha Rodriguez, Katrin Langton, Patrik
Wikström

Reposting “Till Albert Einstein Is TikTok Famous”: The Memetic
Construction of Science on TikTok
Jing Zeng, Mike S. Schäfer, Joachim Allgaier

Lip-Syncing and Saving Lives: Healthcare Workers on TikTok
Clare Southerton

Short Video Platforms and Local Community Building in China
Wei Wang, Jiena Wu

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Larry Gross, Editor

Arlene Luck, Founding Managing Editor
Kady Bell-Garcia, Managing Editor

Kasia Anderson, Managing Editor, Special Sections

Jing Zeng, Crystal Abidin, Mike S. Schäfer, Guest Editors

According to the latest statistics from Google Scholar, IJoC ranks 3rd among
all Humanities, Literature & Arts journals, and 5th among all Communication
journals.
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International Journal of Communication (IJoC)
USC Annenberg Press
University of Southern California
http://ijoc.org/
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