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LGBTQIA+ & Social media Representation – by Ashlee Perry
https://youtu.be/mT6gLrugZ08 The presentation explores how digital spaces facilitate visibility, belonging, activism, and self-expression for LGBTQIA+ users, drawing on ideas like platform affordances, linked publics, identity discovery, and algorithmic impact. The presentation examines the positive and negative features of online community creation, such as support networks, emotional publics, and online backlash, using case studies of the Bud…
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How Youth Use Social Media Affordances to Create Communities: The StudyTok / Jevon Stacy
This presentation explores how young people create communities through social media affordances, focusing on the StudyTok community on TikTok. It looks at how elements like common interests, interaction tools, and algorithms influence relationships and build online communities.
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Networked Neurodivergence: How TikTok Enables Autistic Community Formation | Sarah Toovey
This presentation examines how autistic communities form on TikTok, focusing on content shared under hashtags such as #ActuallyAutistic and #AutismTikTok. It argues that TikTok does not simply host these communities, but actively shapes their formation through algorithmic curation and participatory features. Drawing on concepts including clustered publics, imitation publics, and biographical illumination, the presentation explores…
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ADHD Users Forming Communities On Tik Tok -Chantelle Martin
TikTok enables neurodivergent users to form communities through relatable content and platform affordances such as comments and hashtags, shaping how users experience belonging and connection online.
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Social Media Affordances and Transgender Communities: Practices of Identity, Visibility, and Support on Twitter prior to Platform Reconfiguration — cassandra masters
The social media affordances of Twitter pre-Musk, and the variety of ways transgender users have been able to form communities and seek education and support.
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Youth, Social Media, and Digital Communities — Flynn McQuade
In this video, I talk about how young people connect and build communities through social media. It might seem like it’s all just about chatting and sharing, but I argue that things like algorithms and platform features actually play a big role in shaping those connections. I also bring in ideas like networked publics to…
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From Scroll to Ummah: How TikTok and Discord Shape Transnational Muslim Communities — 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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The study of the transnational movement: #ME TOO and how east Asian women interacted with it — Ashlea Lukins
Despite the me too movement being not restricted to a single country, language and social media platform most of the attention was on the manifestations of #MeToo in the US and only on the social platform twitter. This study we will go beyond and analyse how East Asian women engaged within the me too movement…
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Belonging between borders: Transnational identity, digital diaspora and perspective sharing of migrants on TikTok — Kelsea Dressler
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Manchester United Fandom by Adam Morolla
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How does social media builds and challenges transnational communities? by Octave Dauchez.
My paper examines how social media platforms shape the way transnational communities, particularly diaspora group, form connections, maintain cultural identity, and navigate belonging across borders. Octave Dauchez / Student ID: 22511869
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Back to Basics: A Roadmap for Finding Queer Connections Online – Aliyah Fairchild
Understanding the key concepts that allow queer individuals to find community and connections on social media platforms.
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In My Voting Era: How Taylor Swift Fans Mobilise on Social Media for Collective Action – James Rodgers
People form connections and communities through social media, especially around popular culture. For the case study, I have chosen to focus on the Taylor Swift fandom. Specifically, this presentation addresses how Taylor Swift fans mobilise and drive collective action on social media. I will argue that these fans form connections by engaging in fan activities…
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How Fan Culture and Social Media Affordances create communities: The NBA Fandom case study- Zechariah Gukisuva
This presentation examines how fan culture and social media affordances create communities, using NBA fandom as a case study. It argues that social media platforms allow NBA fans from around the world to connect through shared interests, discussions, memes, live reactions and fan created content.
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Wattpad’s online affordances in a fan culture sphere – Genevieve Martin
Presented by Genevieve Martin. K-pop fandoms form social connections and communities through online writing platforms like Wattpad. For this conference paper, the focus will be on Korean popular fandom culture, in particular, how writing platforms, such as Wattpad, are used to build community ties and social connections. —————————————————————————————- Declaration re Generative AI use for this…
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More Than Tweets: How X Enabled Community Building in the Taylor Swift Fandom during the Eras Tour – Jacinta Messina
This presentation explores how the use of social media platforms, specifically X, enables users to form community and connections online using the Taylor Swift Eras Tour as the case study. These connections are built through shared practices, interaction and visibility.
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Charlotte Stroud – How K-Pop Is Creating A Strong-Knit Community Over Social Media
A look into the K-Pop community and their influence on their internet, in particular the BTS ARMY, who have impacted global scale events.
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Marauders Fandom Publics & Community Formation on AO3 — Anamay Jenner
a presentation on the marauders fandom within AO3 in creating publics and communities
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When Representation Becomes Community: Disability in Percy Jackson Fandom- soraya grime
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Julia Stanton – LGBTQ+ Individuals on TikTok
By Julia Stanton
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Conditional Belonging: Youth, TikTok and LEGO Communities – Jack Fenton 20191227
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Connecting Online: How social media affordances shape youth communities. – Christian De Abreu
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Reactivating Fan Communities: BigBang’s 2026 Comeback – Thi Phuong Thuy Mai
This video explores how BIGBANG’s 2026 comeback became more than a music return; It turned into a powerful fan culture moment on social media. Through concepts like affordances, participatory culture, and belonging, it shows how digital platforms helped fans reconnect, interact, and rebuild a shared community worldwide.
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How TikTok Sustains the One Direction Fandom – Phoebi Reeder
This conference paper uses the One Direction fandom, also known as “Directioners”, as a key case study in understanding how TikTok provides an engaging and constant environment for fans to still be active and connect with each other online.
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K-pop Fan Communities on TikTok: Interaction, Algorithms and Imitation – Uwesh Shaikh
This presentation explains how K-pop fan communities on TikTok form through interaction, algorithms, and imitation, creating strong online connections. K-pop fan communities show how social media connects people globally. Fans create and share content such as edits, videos, and trends, allowing them to interact and communicate with others worldwide. Platform features like likes, comments, and…
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Yakuza Fandom: Marginalisation and Conflicts Leads to Fandom Communities Formation. – Christie Ling
By examining my case study, in relation to Yakuza Kiwami 3 recent title release, to analyse the community formation of a marginalised group of fans, particularly the fandom in the video game series, based on the recent conflict. These community building led to understanding how fandom identity is shaped and connected through similar beliefs, although…
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Virtual Characters, Real Communities: How Nijisanji Fans Connect on YouTube——Yeo Xin
This presentation explores how YouTube functions as a social platform for community building within VTuber fandoms, with a particular focus on Nijisanji.
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“Popularity of #Fashion in Instagram “– Ngoc Nhat Thao Dao
The recording of a presentation using Fan Culture with the overall title is FASHIONISTA IN SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS to discuss my chosen case study, which is Popularity of #Fashion hashtags on Instagram, to answer the overall question is How do people form social connections and communities through social media?” based on analysing factual data of Instagram…
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Domenic Rossi – LGBTQIA+ Community Building in Eurovision Fanbases on X
by Domenic Rossi (21484339)
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The Beatles and the development of Fandom — Pietro Mafrica
A short presentation outlining how social media platforms facilitate community development. This is specifically referencing The Beatles and their fandom as a case study.
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How Instagram’s Image-based Culture fosters Visibility and Searchability: A Case Study on Frederic Chen – Adlynna Batrisyia
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Platform Affordances and Digital Fandom: Community Formation on League of Comic Geeks | Cassidy Dylyn Silva
Platform Affordances and Digital Fandom: Community Formation on League of Comic GeeksThis presentation examines how digital fandom communities form through the affordances of social media platforms. Focusing on the case study of League of Comic Geeks, it analyses how identity expression, shared interpretive practices, and sustained participation are structured by platform design. The discussion demonstrates…
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Fandom Engene as a network public enabled by social media affordances [Fiza Syed]
This presentation covers how the K-pop fandom ‘Engene’ functions as a networked public, enabled by the social media affordances available on TikTok and Twitter.
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Milad Turkmani _22218610_ case study (A2)
I discuss how people form connections and communities through social media by focusing on anime fandom on TikTok, specifically related to One Piece. I argue that TikTok transforms anime fans from passive viewers to Active participants through platform affordances and user generated content.
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THE REMAKING OF DIGITAL DIASPORA COMMUNITIES ON RED NOTE PLATFORM—ZhangZhen(David)
Focusing on “TikTok refugees” use RedNote to form communities and conneciton . It introduces “embedded transnationality” ,Platform affordances (technical, social, vernacular, hidden)
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Disabilities, Paralympics and Social Media – Teresa Williams
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Tumblr as an Informal Archive: Queer Knowledge Production through Hashtags and Blog Posts – Bethany Townsend 2224249
Exploring how Tumblr acts as an informal archive that facilitates the spread of queer knowledge through the #queerhistory and #lgbtqia+ hashtags.
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How Social Media Shapes Drake’s Fan Engagement” — Storm Thoun
This presentation examines how social media forms online communities through Drake’s fandom. It focuses on participation, creative content, and platform affordances, using the ice cube event as a case study of how digital interaction creates global fan communities.
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The Tygers by Tyla – Annisa Syed Azniputra
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Post-war Trauma and Disability in Harry Potter Drarry Fanfiction: Community Formation and Romanticisation of Trauma – Jillaine Buenaventura
Brief Summary: This presentation delves into how disability is represented and interpreted in Harry Potter fanfiction as a case study of community formation. Focusing on the popular slash ship Drarry – the pairing between Harry Potter and Draco Malfoy -, it explores how post-war fanfiction often depicts trauma and disability narratives on fanfiction platforms like…
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The Wizarding Web: How Harry Potter Fans Build Commuity on TikTok- Jodie Rankin
How do people form communities on social media? This video uses the Harry Potter TikTok fandom as a case study, drawing on four theoretical frameworks (Boyd, Zhang, Gerbaudo, and Zulli & Zulli) to explain how platform affordances, algorithms, and participatory culture build fan communities online.
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Behind the Screen: The safety aspects of pseudonymous community-building in LGBTQIA+ publics – Liam McLean
Exploring how LGBTQIA+ people use the affordance of pseudonymity and anonymity on platforms like Tumblr as a safety measure while forming connections and communities. I pause the voiceover intermittently to cough as I’m currently sick! …
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Jayne Foulger – Digital Refuges: How LGBTQI+ Singaporean Muslims Find Acceptance, Healing and Belonging on Instagram
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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FANDOMS & FAN CULTURE – Serenah Whittle
A discussion on how social media platforms enable the formation of connections and communities through fandom by supporting interactivity through affordances, creating networked publics, and encouraging participatory practices like imitation and meme culture.
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Endless Timelines of Representation: Where Determined Fans of Participatory Culture Become Creators – Syaheerah Adeela Yusma Ariffin
The following conference presentation paper examines the fan culture surrounding the Undertale fandom as a head start before delving deeper into fan activities within the transformative fandom called Underfell. The case study will discuss how Queer fans use the media for self-expression that enables them to form connections and communities through shared passion for creating…
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IU Fandom Charity Mobilization — Anggeline Chew
This presentation examines IU fandom charity mobilisation as a case study of fan culture. Inspired by IU’s philanthropy, her fans organise online donation campaigns through social media platforms like X, especially during birthdays, anniversaries, and year-end events. Using the concepts of visibility, spreadability, and searchability, the presentation shows how fans share charity posts, coordinate donations,…
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Assignment 2 (NETS2002) ‘How Minecraft Players Form Online Communities on TikTok’ by Kenneth Leon Donald
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LGBT: How Online Influence Rebels Against Social Injustice-KOK KAH LEONG
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Oda Bekkestad: How the social media ban on Facebook impacts the Stranger Things fandom community
This presentation highlights the effects of the under 16 social media ban in Australia. In my case study, I examine the Stranger Things fandom and how they interact and utilise Facebook. I use Facebook as my primary social media platform in this presentation.
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Fan Communities in the ‘Magical’ & Digital World – Eabha Quinn
The Evolution of the Harry Potter Fandom- By looking at fan-made content on TikTok and the fan-fiction ‘All the Young Dudes’ (ATYD) on Ao3, my paper examines how social media platforms foster connection in the Harry Potter fandom, demonstrating how participatory culture, fan creations and platform affordances promote community persistence over decades.
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From Coping to Culture – Jasmine Scorer
How Social Media Transforms Queer Humour into Community
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Constructing Queer Publics Online-Joleen Jublee
Analysing how content creator Chris Olsen constructs a networked queer public across 2 digital platforms, and how each platform produces different forms of communication, identity and community.
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How Social Media is Changing Fandom Communities and Promoting Closer Connection – Savannah Raffan
This presentation explores how social media has enabled an accelerated affinity between fans online. Using the Harry Potter and international K-Pop fandoms as case studies, the video analyses how social media affordances have made their intense, emotional connection possible through the removal of previously-existing barriers.
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CASE STUDIES ON HOW ANIME FAN CULTURE HELP PEOPLE FORM CONNECTION AND COMMUNITY THROUGH SOCIAL MEDIA-Bryan Wong Xi Sheng
A Educational video about case studies on how anime help fans to form communities and connect with others through social media. Case studies that how anime play role in activist and protest in Chile are discuss Fans culture video link : https://youtu.be/77Y-4avA1eQ
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How a disabled, gay content creator using social media platforms as an approach to build up online connections by Chenhao Liu (Howard)
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American Exceptionalism in Digital Diaspora: #FreePalestine, The Watermelon, and The Algorithmic Policing of Palestinian Activism. -Elvira Chong
This conference paper will be discussing about the examinations of the Palestinian digital diaspora and activist community on TikTok, more specifically, the #FreePalestine tag category through the usage of social media affordances and TikTok’s platform-specific features, and how a Western-catered algorithm disproportionately discriminates against pro-Palestinian activism content on TikTok.
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Mate Ma’a Tonga on Facebook – Anthony Donaldson
Social media shapes how we stay connected, and for communitiesseparated by distance that matters most.This presentation looks at the fans of Mate Ma’a Tonga, the Tongan nationalrugby league team. The name translates to “Die for Tonga.” Tonga’spopulation is only about 100,000, but over 200,000 Tongans live in thediaspora across Australia, New Zealand, and the United…
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We Do Not Just Scroll, We Belong By Kate Edwards
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 on TikTok: Swifties as Networked Communities – Darci Gilmour
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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From Scroll to Ummah: How TikTok and Discord Shape Transnational Muslim Communities — 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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Julia Stanton – LGBTQ+ Individuals on TikTok
By Julia Stanton
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Reactivating Fan Communities: BigBang’s 2026 Comeback – Thi Phuong Thuy Mai
This video explores how BIGBANG’s 2026 comeback became more than a music return; It turned into a powerful fan culture moment on social media. Through concepts like affordances, participatory culture, and belonging, it shows how digital platforms helped fans reconnect, interact, and rebuild a shared community worldwide.
Question 1: When I think back on my presentation, I see that one of its shortcomings was that I neglected…