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‘SwiftTok’, How Social Media Affordances on TikTok Shape the Swiftie Community
How social media, specifically TikTok, allows for the formation of connections and communities within fan culture, specifically within the Taylor Swift fandom. …
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Participation as Labour: Social Media Affordances and the Formation of BTS ARMY — aksah mathew
This presentation explores how BTS’s fandom, ARMY, forms communities through social media platforms such as TikTok and X. Using concepts including platform affordances, participatory culture, fandom publics, and digital labour, the presentation argues that fan communities are built through active participation, shared visibility, and coordinated engagement, while also considering how fan practices can also act…
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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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How Swifties Use Social Media Affordances To Build Form Communities — Amelia Gellard
This video is about a case study on Taylor Swifts fandom, the Swiftie’s, and how social media enables the formation of online communities and publics, focussing specifically on the platforms TikTok and X.
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Sarah Keane_TikTok and youth communities on BookTok
Exploring how youth connect and build communities on TikTok but focusing on the online community BookTok.
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How TikTok Shapes Fan Communities – Lilly Rigby
This video shows how TikTok trends grow over time, with a large number of users interacting with and recreating the same content. It highlights how popular trends spread quickly through the platform, encouraging more users to participate and engage.
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Julia Stanton – LGBTQ+ Individuals on TikTok
By Julia Stanton
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More Than Fans: How BTS ARMY Uses TikTok’s Affordances to Build Community and Take Action By Megan Rubie
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Harry Potter Fandom on TikTok – Ellysa Ignatescu
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One Piece-Macaellah Ritchie
This case study breaks down “How tiktok enables the formation of social connections and communities that contribute to the growth of the one piece anime fandom.
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From Awareness to Belonging: Squirmy and Grubs and Disability Community on TikTok- Idea Phochaiya
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Cara Gilligan – Global Fantasy Fandom
Cara Gilligan – Global Fantasy Fandom Social Media Affordances
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The BTS ARMY on TikTok, How Fans Form Connection and Community Through Social Media – Kahlee Thomason
This presentation explores how people form communities through social media, using the BTS ARMY on TikTok as a case study. By analysing public TikTok posts, including videos, captions and comment sections, it identifies how fans connect and interact online.The findings show that communities are formed through shared identity, participation, global interaction and emotional support. Fans…
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#JusticeForZara – How Tiktok help mobilise social media activism against bullying in Malaysian Schools through Technology, Creative and Vernacular Affordance – Izdriana Iffa Iskandar
[Captions are available on YouTube] Presentation Link (For Viewing Only): https://canva.link/up19puern91mkov Reference Abdul Wahab, M. E. B. (2025). Press Release | Bullying — A Call for Urgent, Decisive Action – The Malaysian Bar. Malaysianbar.org.my. https://www.malaysianbar.org.my/article/about-us/president-s-corner/pressstatements/press-release-bullying-a-call-for-urgent-decisive-action Bucher, T., & Helmond, A. (2018). The affordances of social media platforms. In …
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From Viewers to Community: How The Sidemen Fans Build Connection Through YouTube and TikTok – Isabeau Taylor-Schacht
Today, I’ll be presenting my conference paper exploring the question: how do people form connections and communities through social media? To answer this, I analyse the fan community surrounding the Sidemen, focusing specifically on YouTube and TikTok. I’ll argue that social media affordances, such as commenting, algorithmic visibility, and participatory content creation, transform fans from…
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Asian Australian Young Women Seeking Identity, Connection and Community on TikTok – Crystal Vuong
Question 1: When I think back on my presentation, I see that one of its shortcomings was that I neglected…