{"id":6866,"date":"2026-04-21T14:49:32","date_gmt":"2026-04-21T06:49:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/networkconference.netstudies.org\/2026-S1\/?p=6866"},"modified":"2026-05-16T21:04:18","modified_gmt":"2026-05-16T13:04:18","slug":"we-do-not-just-scroll-we-belong","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/networkconference.netstudies.org\/2026-S1\/fan-culture-xvii\/6866\/we-do-not-just-scroll-we-belong\/","title":{"rendered":"We Do Not Just Scroll, We Belong By Kate Edwards"},"content":{"rendered":"\nTikTok as a Fan Culture Ecosystem of Imitation, Participation, and Networked Communities\n\n\n\nBy Kate Edwards \/ 22196347\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSocial 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 this change, allowing users to connect not via established social networks, but through content streams <a href=\"https:\/\/networkconference.netstudies.org\/2026-S1\/fan-culture-xvii\/6866\/we-do-not-just-scroll-we-belong\/\" class=\"more-link\">...<\/a>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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 this change, allowing users to connect not via established social networks, but through content streams &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":672,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[1793,1788,1790,1802,1787,1792],"class_list":["post-6866","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-fan-culture-xvii","tag-engagement","tag-fan-culture","tag-fandom","tag-networks","tag-social-media","tag-tiktok"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/networkconference.netstudies.org\/2026-S1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6866","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/networkconference.netstudies.org\/2026-S1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/networkconference.netstudies.org\/2026-S1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/networkconference.netstudies.org\/2026-S1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/672"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/networkconference.netstudies.org\/2026-S1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6866"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/networkconference.netstudies.org\/2026-S1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6866\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6985,"href":"https:\/\/networkconference.netstudies.org\/2026-S1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6866\/revisions\/6985"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/networkconference.netstudies.org\/2026-S1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6866"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/networkconference.netstudies.org\/2026-S1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6866"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/networkconference.netstudies.org\/2026-S1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6866"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}