Social Media, Communities, & Networks Conference 2026: Semester 1 & SP1

This paper argues that young people form communities on TikTok through shared identity performance, using Deja Clark as a case study. Her content demonstrates how platform affordances and imitation practices enable a sense of belonging within networked publics, while reinforcing social norms and pressures among youth. Boyd, d. (2014). ‘Introduction’ in It’s complicated. Yale University…

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