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From Scroll to Ummah: How TikTok and Discord Shape Transnational Muslim Communities — Asli Keskin

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29/04/2026

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Asli Keskin

This presentation explores how social media platforms shape the formation of transnational Muslim communities. Focusing on TikTok and Discord, it examines how platform affordances influence interaction, identity, and belonging. TikTok enables visibility, emotional engagement, and public discussion, while Discord supports more structured and sustained interaction. Together, these platforms demonstrate how online communities are formed through…
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Transnationality

affordances, comments, community, connection, creators, digital, Discord, engagement, interpretation, muslim, platform, public, queer, religion, servers, social media, TikTok, transnationality, ummah
Jayne Foulger – Digital Refuges: How LGBTQI+ Singaporean Muslims Find Acceptance, Healing and Belonging on Instagram

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24/04/2026

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Jayne Foulger

This presentation considers the use of Instagram as a resource for LGBTQI+ individuals from a Singaporean Muslim background. It considers the impact of religion, culture and background on their identity. Further, it explores how they can use this platform to find others, feel supported, and find a sense of belonging.
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Queer

community, engagement, Instagram, interaction, networks, queer, social media
We Do Not Just Scroll, We Belong By Kate Edwards

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21/04/2026

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kateedwards

TikTok as a Fan Culture Ecosystem of Imitation, Participation, and Networked Communities By Kate Edwards / 22196347 Social media has significantly transformed the way people build connections and communities. Where connection used to rely on physical closeness, it is now more often built through shared digital activities, content, and continuous engagement. Platforms like TikTok illustrate…
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Fan Culture

engagement, fan culture, fandom, networks, social media, TikTok
Fan Culture on TikTok: Swifties as Networked Communities – Darci Gilmour

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20/04/2026

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darci.gilmour@student.curtin.edu.au

This presentation explored how Swifties on TikTok form communities through shared content, interaction, and participation. By analysing patterns in videos, comments, and fan theories, it showed that users connect not just by watching content, but by actively engaging and contributing. It also highlighted how TikTok’s platform features and algorithm shape these interactions, influencing how communities…
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Fan Culture

engagement, fandom, social media, TikTok

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From Scroll to Ummah: How TikTok and Discord Shape Transnational Muslim Communities — Asli Keskin

Jayne Foulger – Digital Refuges: How LGBTQI+ Singaporean Muslims Find Acceptance, Healing and Belonging on Instagram

We Do Not Just Scroll, We Belong By Kate Edwards

Fan Culture on TikTok: Swifties as Networked Communities – Darci Gilmour

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