TikTok Academic Sources

This is a bibliography of scholarly publications on TikTok (the international version of the app, as opposed to Douyin) compiled by members of the TikTok Cultures Research Network. To contribute to this list, please contact us.

Last updated December 2021.

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Published Books
  • Boffone, Trevor. (2021). Renegades: Digital Dance Cultures from Dubsmash to TikTok. New York, NY: Oxford University Press.
Published Journal Articles
  • Abidin, Crystal. (2021). Mapping Internet celebrity on TikTok: Exploring attention economies and visibility labours. Cultural Science Journal 12(1), 77-103. http://doi.org/10.5334/csci.140
  • Adnan, N. I., Ramli, S., & Ismail, I. N. (2021). Investigating the Usefulness of TikTok as an Educational Tool. International Journal of Practices in Teaching and Learning, 1(2), 5.
  • Alonso-López, N., Sidorenko-Bautista, P., & Giacomelli, F. (2021). Més enllà de reptes i balls virals: TikTok com a vehicle per al discurs desinformatiu i la verificació d’informació a Espanya, Portugal, el Brasil i els Estats Units. Anàlisi, 64, 65. https://doi.org/10.5565/rev/analisi.3411
  • Anderson, K.E. (2020). Getting acquainted with social networks and apps: it is time to talk about TikTok. Library Hi Tech News, Vol. Ahead-of-print. https://doi.org/10.1108/LHTN-01-2020-0001
  • Arias, L. Is TikTok a Good Platform for an Aesthetic Business, or Is It Just High School Musical for Healthcare Professionals?” (2021) Journal of Aesthetic Nursing 10(4): 173–75. https://doi.org/10.12968/joan.2021.10.4.173.
  • Avdeeff, M. K. (2021). TikTok, Twitter, and Platform-Specific Technocultural Discourse in Response to Taylor Swift’s LGBTQ+ Allyship in ‘You Need to Calm Down.’ Contemporary Music Review, Online First, 1–21. https://doi.org/10.1080/07494467.2021.1945225
  • Balogun, M., Mathe, N., & Yoo, J. (n.d.). Correspondence on prevailing dermatology-related topics on the rapidly growing TikTokTM social media platform. Clinical and Experimental Dermatology, Online First. https://doi.org/10.1111/ced.14927
  • Basch, Corey H., Hillyer, Grace C., & Jaime, Christie. (2020). COVID-19 on TikTok: Harnessing an emerging social media platform to convey important public health messages. The International Journal of Adolescent Medicine & Health, Vol. ahead-of-print. https://doi.org/10.1515/ijamh-2020-0111
  • Basch, C. H., Fera, J., Pellicane, A., & Basch, C. E. (2021). Videos With the Hashtag #vaping on TikTok and Implications for Informed Decision-making by Adolescents: Descriptive Study. JMIR Pediatrics and Parenting, 4(4), e30681. https://doi.org/10.2196/30681Basch, C. H., Mohlman, J., Fera, J., Tang, H., Pellicane, A., & Basch, C. E. (2021). Correction: Community Mitigation of COVID-19 and Portrayal of Testing on TikTok: Descriptive Study. JMIR Public Health and Surveillance, 7(6), e31542. https://doi.org/10.2196/31542
  • Busurkina, I. P. (2021). Ethics and Values in the Digital Environment: By the Example of Parody Videos on TikTok. Galactica Media: Journal of Media Studies, 3(3), 374–389. https://doi.org/10.46539/gmd.v3i3.137
  • Borelli, M. B., & Moore, M. (2021). TikTok, Friendship, and Sipping Tea, or How to Endure a Pandemic. The International Journal of Screendance, 12(0), Article 0. https://doi.org/10.18061/ijsd.v12i0.8238
  • Bucknell Bossen, Christina & Kottasz, Rita. (2020). Uses and gratifications sought by pre-adolescent and adolescent TikTok consumers. Young Consumers, Vol. ahead-of-print. https://doi.org/10.1108/YC-07-2020-1186
  • Cantawee, S., Witoonphan, N., & Sammasut, T. (2021). Influencers Affecting Consumers’ Purchase Intentions through VDO Advertising on TikTok Online Social Media in Chonburi Province. UBRU International Journal, 1(2), 11–23.
  • Cervi, L. (2021). Tik Tok and generation Z. Theatre, Dance and Performance Training, 12(2), 198–204. https://doi.org/10.1080/19443927.2021.1915617
  • Cervi, L. (2021b). What are political parties doing on TikTok? The Spanish case. Profesional de La Información, 30(4), Article 4. https://doi.org/10.3145/epi.2021.jul.03
  • Cervi, L., & Marín-Lladó, C. (2021). What are political parties doing on TikTok? The Spanish case. El Profesional de La Información, 30(4) https://doi.org/10.3145/epi.2021.jul.03
  • Chen, Joshua R., Ostrovsky, Adam M. (2020). TikTok and its role in Coronavirus disease 2019 information propagation. Journal of Adolescent Health, 12(1). Vol. ahead-of-print. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jadohealth.2020.07.039
  • Chen, X., Kaye, D.B.V., & Zeng, J. (2021). #PositiveEnergy Douyin: Constructing “playful patriotism” in a Chinese short-video application. Chinese Journal of Communication, 14(1) 97-117. 10.1080/17544750.2020.1761848
  • Das, R. K., & Drolet, B. C. (2021). Plastic Surgeons in TikTok: Top Influencers, Most Recent Posts, and User Engagement. Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, 148(6), 1094e. https://doi.org/10.1097/PRS.0000000000008566
  • De Leyn, Tom, Ralf De Wolf, Mariek Vanden Abeele, and Lieven De Marez. “In-between Child’s Play and Teenage Pop Culture: Tweens, TikTok & Privacy.” Journal of Youth Studies, June 10, 2021, 1–18. https://doi.org/10.1080/13676261.2021.1939286.
  • Dekhil, A., & Sarnou, H. (2021). Investigating the Effect of TikTok App on the Transmission of Cultural Values in Algeria: A Case Study of Algerian Youngsters. International Journal of Media and Information Literacy, 6(1). https://doi.org/10.13187/ijmil.2021.1.77
  • Douvartzidis, Alexandra & Surman, Caitlin. (2020). Young lawyers: Flipping the switch: How to navigate the transition from young lawyer to TikTok star. Bulletin (Law Society of South Australia), 42(5), 23-25. https://search.informit.com.au/documentSummary;dn=201515602783885;res=IELHSS
  • Eghtesadi, Marzieh & Florea, Adrian. (2020). Facebook, Instagram, Reddit and TikTok: A proposal for health authorities to integrate popular social media platforms in contingency planning amid a global pandemic outbreak. Canadian Journal of Public Health, 111, 389–391. https://doi.org/10.17269/s41997-020-00343-0
  • Eriksson Krutrök, M. (2021a). Algorithmic Closeness in Mourning: Vernaculars of the Hashtag #grief on TikTok. Social Media + Society, 7(3), 205630512110423. https://doi.org/10.1177/20563051211042396
  • Grandinetti, J. (2021). Examining embedded apparatuses of AI in Facebook and TikTok. AI & SOCIETY. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00146-021-01270-5
  • Gray, J.E. (2021). The Geopolitics of ‘Platforms’: The TikTok Challenge. Internet Policy Review 10(2). https://doi.org/10.14763/2021.2.1557.
  • Gupta, A. K., Upreti, D., Shrestha, S., Sawant, S., Karki, U., & Shoib, S. (2021). Adolescent-parent conflict in the era of ‘TikTok’: Case reports from Nepal. Journal of Affective Disorders Reports, 6, 100219. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jadr.2021.100219
  • Haenlaein, M., Anadol, E., Farnsworth, T., Hugo, H., Hunichen, J., & Welte, D. (2020). Navigating the New Era of Influencer Marketing: How to be successful on Instagram, TikTok, & Co. California Management Review, 63(1), 5-25. https://doi.org/10.1177/0008125620958166
  • Han, X., & Kuipers, G. (2021). Humour and TikTok memes during the 2020 pandemic lockdown: Tensions of gender and care faced by Chinese mothers working from home. China Information, 35(3), 393–419. https://doi.org/10.1177/0920203X211049634
  • Hautea, S., P. Parks, B. Takahashi, and J. Zeng. (2021). Showing They Care (Or Don’t): Affective Publics and Ambivalent Climate Activism on TikTok.” Social Media + Society. https://doi.org/10.1177/20563051211012344.
  • Hayes, C., Stott, K., Lamb, K.J., & Hurst, G.A. (2020). “Making every second count”: Utilizing TikTok and systems thinking to facilitate scientific public engagement and contextualization of Chemistry at home. Journal of Chemical Education, Vol.ahead-of-print. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jchemed.0c00511
  • Herrick, S.S.C., Hallward, L., & Duncan, L.R. (2020). “This is just how I cope”: An inductive thematic analysis of eating disorder recovery content created and shared on TikTok using #EDrecovery. International Journal of Eating Disorders, Online First,1-11. https://doi.org/10.1002/eat.23463
  • Hiebert, A., & Kortes-Miller, K. (2021). Finding home in online community: Exploring TikTok as a support for gender and sexual minority youth throughout COVID-19. Journal of LGBT Youth, 0(0), 1–18. https://doi.org/10.1080/19361653.2021.2009953
  • Huang, Y. (2020). On Sinofuturism: Resisting Techno-Orientalism in Understanding Kuaishou, Douyin, and Chinese A.I. Screen Bodies, 5(2), 46–62. https://doi.org/10.3167/screen.2020.050205
  • Jia, L. & Lotus, R. (2020). Going Global: Comparing Chinese Mobile Applications’ Data and User Privacy Governance at Home and Abroad. Internet Policy Review. https://doi.org/10.14763/2020.3.1502.
  • Johnson, A. (2021). Copyrighting TikTok Dances: Choreography in the Internet Age. WASHINGTON LAW REVIEW, 96, 51.
  • Kaye, D. B.V., Chen, X., & Zeng, J. (2021). The co-evolution of two Chinese mobile short video apps: Parallel platformization of Douyin and TikTok. Mobile, Media & Communication, Vol 9(2).  https://doi.org/10.1177/2050157920952120
  • Kaye, D. B. V., Rodriguez, A., Langton, K., & Wikström, P. (2021). You Made This? I Made This: Practices of Authorship and (Mis)Attribution on TikTok. International Journal of Communication, 15(0), 21.
  • Kaye, D.B.V. (2020). Make this go viral: Building musical careers through accidental virality on TikTok. Flow, 27(1). https://www.flowjournal.org/2020/09/make-this-go-viral/
  • Kennedy, M. (2020). If the rise of the TikTok dance and e-girl aesthetic has taught us anything, it’s that teenage girls rule the Internet right now: TikTok celebrity, teenage girls and the Coronavirus crisis. European Journal of Cultural Studies, Online First, 1-8. https://doi.org/10.1177/1367549420945341
  • Kendall, T. (2021). From Binge-Watching to Binge-Scrolling: TikTok and the Rhythms of #LockdownLife. Film Quarterly, 75(1), 41–46. https://doi.org/10.1525/fq.2021.75.1.41
  • Khlaif, Z., & Salha, S. (2021). Using TikTok in Education: A Form of Micro-learning or Nano-learning? Interdisciplinary Journal of Virtual Learning in Medical Sciences, 12(3), 2–7.
  • Klug, D., Qin, Y., Evans, M. C., & Kaufman, G. F. (2021). Trick and Please. A Mixed-Method Study On User Assumptions About the TikTok Algorithm. WebSci. https://doi.org/10.1145/3447535.3462512
  • Kriegel, E.R., Lazerevic, B., Athanasian, C.E., & Milanaik, R.L. (2021). TikTok, Tide Pods and Tiger King: Health implications of trends taking over pediatric populations. Current Opinion in Pediatrics, 33(1), 170-177. https://doi.org/10.1097/MOP.0000000000000989
  • Kumar, V.D., & Prabha, M.S. (2019). Getting glued to TikTok – undermining the psychology behind widespread inclination towards dub-mashed videos. Archives of Mental Health, 20(2), 76-77. https://www.amhonline.org/text/asp?2019/20/2/76/275210
  • Lemonick, S. (2020). Let’s talk TikTok. Chemical and Engineering News, 98(8), 26-27. https://doi.org/10.1021/cen-09808-feature4
  • Li, X., & Li, Y. (2021). Research on Influencing Factors of Government Affairs Short Video: A Case Study of TikTok Short Video. BCP Business & Management, 13, 320–326. https://doi.org/10.54691/bcpbm.v13i.103
  • Li, Y., Guan, M., Hammond, P. & Berrey, L.E. (2021). Communicating COVID-19 Information on TikTok: A Content Analysis of TikTok Videos from Official Accounts Featured in the COVID-19 Information Hub. Health Education Research, cyab10. https://doi.org/10.1093/her/cyab010.
  • Lievens, E. (2021). Dutch DPA fines TikTok for not offering understandable information to children. EUROPEAN DATA PROTECTION LAW REVIEW, 7(3), 423–428. https://doi.org/10.21552/edpl/2021/3/11
  • Lim, Y.J. (2020). The PESTEL model application to Ok Boomer and TikTok from a public relations perspective. Journal of Media Research, 13(2), 94-110. https://doi.org/10.24193/jmr.37.6
  • Literat, I., Abdelbagi, A., Law, N.Y.L., Cheung, M. Y-Y., & Tang, R. (2021). Likes, sarcasm and politics: Youth responses to a platform-initiated media literacy campaign on social media. Harvard Kennedy School (HKS) Misinformation Review. https://doi.org/10.37016/mr-2020-67
  • Literat, I.​, & Kligler-Vilenchik, N. (2021). How popular culture prompts youth collective political expression and cross-cutting political talk: A social media cross-platform analysis. Social Media + Society. https://doi.org/10.1177/20563051211008821
  • Literat, I. (2021). “Teachers act like we’re robots”: TikTok as a window into youth experiences of online learning during COVID-19. AERA Open 7(1). https://doi.org/10.1177/2332858421995537
  • Lovett, J.T., Munawar, K., Mohammed, S. & Prabhu, V. (2020). Radiology content on TikTok: Current use of a novel video-based social media platform and opportunities for Radiology. Current Problems in Diagnostic Radiology, 50(2), 126-131. https://doi.org/10.1067/j.cpradiol.2020.10.004
  • Lujain, Ammar, Alhamarna, Heba, AlWawi, Yara, ElSayed, Yara, & Harb, Hala. (2020). Analysis of the representation of the 2019 Lebanese protests and the 2020 Beirut explosion on TikTok. KIU Interdisciplinary Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences, 1(3), 53-72. https://kijhus.kiu.ac.ug/assets/articles/1607428333_analysis-of-the-representation-of-the-2019-lebanese-protests-and-the-2020-beirut-explosion-on-tiktok.pdf
  • Ma, Yulun, and Yue Hu. (2021) Business Model Innovation and Experimentation in Transforming Economies: ByteDance and TikTok. Management and Organization Review 17, no. 2, 382–88. https://doi.org/10.1017/mor.2020.69.
  • Martín-Ramallal, P., & Ruiz-Mondaza, M. (2022). Agentes protectores del menor y redes sociales. El dilema de TikTok. Revista Mediterránea de Comunicación, Online First. https://doi.org/10.14198/MEDCOM.20776
  • Marynak, Kristy L. & Moran, Meghan. (2020). Ad Watch: ‘Unstoppable’ VUSE Alto TV Spot Closely Mirrors ‘Nicotine Addiction Checks’ on TikTok. Tobacco Control, Vol.ahead-of-print. http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/tobaccocontrol-2020-055936
  • Mei, L. B. L., Dasrilsyah, R. A., Hamid, H. A., Farhana, S., Kameelah, M., Adila, N., Hong, S. C., & Yee, C. L. S. (2021). Learning during covid-19 pandemic; a Tik Tok challenge for conducting vaginal delivery. South-East Asian Journal of Medical Education, 15(0), 24. https://doi.org/10.4038/seajme.v15i0.316
  • Merga, M. K. (2021). How can Booktok on TikTok inform readers’ advisory services for young people? Library & Information Science Research, 43(2), 101091. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lisr.2021.101091
  • Mhalla, Majdouline, Jiang, Yun & Nasiri, Alireza. (2020). Video-sharing apps business models: TikTok case study. International Journal of Innovation and Technology Management, Vol.ahead-of-print. https://doi.org/10.1142/S0219877020500509
  • Montag, C., Yang, H., & Elhai, J. D. (2021). On the Psychology of TikTok Use: A First Glimpse From Empirical Findings. Frontiers in Public Health, NA-NA. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2021.641673
  • Nabilah, A., Larassati, M.P, Dewi, L., Fairuz, S.,  Syaifuddin, A., & Wiwik M. (2021). Students’ perception toward the use of TikTok video in learning writing descriptive text at MAN 1 Gresik. Journal of Research on English and Language Learning, 2(1). http://dx.doi.org/10.33474/j-reall.v2i1.9017
  • Nam, Y.. (2020). “It’s TikTok with no c!”: the need for critical literacy curricula in the elementary classroom. The International Journal of Critical Media Literacy, 2(1), 103-119. https://doi.org/10.1163/25900110-00201006
  • Neyaz, Ashar, Kumar, Avinash, Krishnan, Sundar, Placker, Jessica, & Liu, Qingzhong. (2020). Security, privacy & steganographic analysis of Faceapp & TikTok. International Journal of Computer Science & Security, 14(2), 38-59. http://www.cscjournals.org/manuscript/Journals/IJCSS/Volume14/Issue2/IJCSS-1552.pdf
  • Ngatuvai, M. S., Martinez, B. M., Mehrota, P., Chan, K., & Medina, S. (2021). Leveraging Social Media to Broaden the Scope of Education: COVID 19 Vaccine Education Through TikTok. Cureus Journal of Medical Science.
  • Omar, Bahiyar & Wang, Dequan. (2020). Watch, share or create: the influence of personality traits and user motivation on TikTok mobile video usage. International Journal of Interactive Mobile Technologies, 14(4), 121-137. https://onlinejour.journals.publicknowledgeproject.org/index.php/i-jim/article/view/12429/6637
  • Pandela, Tomi & Riadi, Imam. (2020). Browser Forensics on Web-based Tiktok Applications. International Journal of Computer Applications, 175(34), 47-52. https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Imam_Riadi/publication/347441046_Browser_Forensics_on_Web-based_Tiktok_Applications/links/5fdbe64f45851553a0c6f1e4/Browser-Forensics-on-Web-based-Tiktok-Applications.pdf
  • Pavlik, Amelia. (2020). Use TikTok to engage with future students. Enrollment Management Report, 24(2), 6-7. https://doi.org/10.1002/emt.30654
  • Peña, S. (2021). Trending with TikTok: Bridging the Educational and Digital Divide During COVID Times. Journal of Multicultural Affairs, 6(2), 11.
  • Poonam, S. (2021). Tiktok wars: Why India’s youth are hating on China. Australian Foreign Affairs, 13, 49–64. https://doi.org/10.3316/INFORMIT.090326977096071
  • Rogers, L. G. (2021). TikTok teens: Turbulent identities for turbulent times. Film, Fashion & Consumption, 10(2), 377–400. https://doi.org/10.1386/ffc_00031_1
  • Russell, A. M., Bergman, B. G., Colditz, J. B., Kelly, J. F., Milaham, P. J., & Massey, P. M. (2021). Using TikTok in recovery from substance use disorder. Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 229, 109147. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2021.109147
  • Savic, M. (2021). From Musical.ly to TikTok: Social Construction of 2020’s Most Downloaded Short-Video App. International Journal of Communication, 15.
  • Schellewald, A. (2021). Communicative Forms on TikTok: Perspectives From Digital Ethnography. International Journal of Communication, 21. https://ijoc.org/index.php/ijoc/article/view/16414
  • Sidorenko Bautista, P., Alonso-López, N., & Giacomelli, F. (2021). Fact-checking in TikTok. Communication and narrative forms to combat misinformation. Revista Latina de Comunicacion Social, 79, 87–113. https://doi.org/10.4185/RLCS-2021-1522
  • Sidorenko-Bautista, P., Herranz de la Casa, J.M. & Cantero de Julián, J.I. (2020). Use of new narratives for COVID-19 reporting: From 360º videos to ephemeral TikTok videos in online media. Tripodos, 47(1), 105-122. http://www.tripodos.com/index.php/Facultat_Comunicacio_Blanquerna/article/viewFile/806/825
  • Southerton, C. (2021). Lip-Syncing and Saving Lives: Healthcare Workers on TikTok. International Journal of Communication, 15(0), 21.
  • Steele, C. K. (2021). Black Feminist Pleasure on TikTok: An Ode to Hurston’s “Characteristics of Negro Expression.” Women’s Studies in Communication, 44(4), 463–469. https://doi.org/10.1080/07491409.2021.1987822
  • Su, Y., Baker, B.J., Doyle, J.P. & Yan, M. (2020). Fan engagement in 15 seconds: Athletes’ relationship marketing during a pandemic via TikTok. International Journal of Sport Communication, 13(3), 436-446. https://doi.org/10.1123/ijsc.2020-0238
  • Suárez-Álvarez, R., & García-Jiménez, A. (2021). Centennials en TikTok: Tipología de vídeos. Análisis y comparativa España-Gran Bretaña por género, edad y nacionalidad. Revista Latina de Comunicación Social, 79, 1–22. https://doi.org/10.4185/RLCS-2021-1503
  • Subramanian, S. (2021). Bahujan girls’ anti-caste activism on TikTok. Feminist Media Studies, 21(1), 154-156. https://doi.org/10.1080/14680777.2021.1864875
  • Sun, T., Lim, C. C. W., Chung, J., Cheng, B., Davidson, L., Tisdale, C., Leung, J., Gartner, C. E., Connor, J., Hall, W. D., & Chan, G. C. K. (2021). Vaping on TikTok: A systematic thematic analysis. Tobacco Control, Online First. https://doi.org/10.1136/tobaccocontrol-2021-056619
  • Tan, Andy S. L. & Weinreich, Erica. (2020). #PuffBar: how do top videos on TikTok portray Puff Bars? Tobacco Control, Vol.ahead-of-print. http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/tobaccocontrol-2020-055970
  • Ting, Z. (2021). The Media Images of Old Influencers on TikTok: A Multimodal Critical Discourse Analysis. Journal of Literature and Art Studies, 11. https://doi.org/10.17265/2159-5836/2021.10.013
  • Vaterlaus, J. M., & Winter, M. (2021). TikTok: An exploratory study of young adults’ uses and gratifications. The Social Science Journal, Online First, 1–20. https://doi.org/10.1080/03623319.2021.1969882
  • Vázquez-Herrero, J., Negreira-Rey M.C. & López-García, X. (2020). Let’s dance the news! How the news media are adapting to the logic of TikTok. Journalism. https://doi.org/10.1177/1464884920969092
  • Vázquez-Herrero, J., Negreira-Rey, M.C.& Rodriguez-Vazquez, A.I. (2021). Intersections between TikTok and TV: Channels and programmes thinking outside the box. Journalism and Media, 2(1), 1-13. https://doi.org/10.3390/journalmedia2010001
  • Verma, T. (2020). Cultural cringe: how caste and class affect the idea of culture in social media. Feminist Media Studies, 21(1), 159-161. https://doi.org/10.1080/14680777.2021.1864879
  • Vijay, D. & Gekker, A. (2021). Playing Politics: How Sabarimala played out on TikTok. American Behavioral Scientist, 1-23. https://doi.org/10.1177/0002764221989769
  • Vizcaíno-Verdú, A., & Tirocchi, S. (2021). Tiktokers y objetivación sexual de género en retos musicales. Media Education, 12(1), 7–16. https://doi.org/10.36253/me-9674
  • Wang, K., & Scherr, S. (2021). Dance the Night Away: How Automatic TikTok Use Creates Pre-Sleep Cognitive Arousal and Daytime Fatigue. Mobile Media & Communication, Online First. https://doi.org/10.1177/20501579211056116
  • Wang, W., & Wu, J. (2021). Short Video Platforms and Local Community Building in China. International Journal of Communication, 15(0), 23.
  • Wang, Z.-X., & Kim, S.-H. (2021). A Study on the Effect of TikTok Motivation on Users Stickiness. The Journal of the Korea Contents Association, 21(10), 217–226. https://doi.org/10.5392/JKCA.2021.21.10.217
  • Weimann, G., & Masri, N. (2021). TikTok’s Spiral of Antisemitism. Journalism and Media, 2, 697–708. https://doi.org/10.3390/journalmedia2040041
  • Weimann, G. & Masri, N.. (2020). Research Note: Spreading hate on TikTok. Studies in Conflict & Terrorism, ahead-of-print, 1-14. https://doi.org/10.1080/1057610X.2020.1780027
  • Xu, D., Yan, S., Zhang, Y., Zhang, S., Nakamori, Y., & Chen, L. (2021). Knowledge management for extreme public health events COVID-19: Based on TikTok data. Journal of Knowledge Management, Online First. https://doi.org/10.1108/JKM-06-2021-0450
  • Xuan, J. (2021). How Short Video Streamers Manage to Operate Successful Work- Case Study of Tik Tok. Journal of Frontiers in Art Research, 1(1), 7.
  • Yang, J., Zhang, J., & Zhang, Y. (2021). INFLUENCER VIDEO ADVERTISING IN TIKTOK. MIT Initiative on the Digital Economy, 4, 5.
  • Zeng, J., Abidin, C., & Schäfer, M. S. (2021). Research Perspectives on TikTok and Its Legacy Apps—Introduction. International Journal of Communication, 15(0), 12.
  • Zeng, J., Schafer, M.S., & Allgaier, J. (2020). Reposting “till Albert Einstein is TikTok famous”: The memetic construction of Science on TikTok. International Journal of Communication. 15(0).
  • Zheng, D.X., Ning, A.Y., Levoska, M.A., Xiang, L., Wong, C., & Scott, J.F. (2020). Acne and social media: A cross-sectional study of content quality on TikTok. Pediatric Dermatology, 1-3. https://doi.org/10.1111/pde.14471
  • Zhang, Z. (2021). “Infrastructuralization of Tik Tok: Transformation, Power Relationships, and Platformization of Video Entertainment in China. Media, Culture & Society 43 (2), 219–36. https://doi.org/10.1177/0163443720939452.
  • Zhu, Y. (2020) The Expectation of TikTok in International Media: A Critical Discourse Analysis. Open Journal of Social Sciences, 8, 136-148. https://doi.org/10.4236/jss.2020.812012
  • Zulli, D. & Zulli, D.J. (2020). Extending the Internet meme: Conceptualizing technological mimesis and imitation publics on the TikTok platform. New Media and Society. https://doi.org/10.1177/1461444820983603

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  • Alvermann, D., Wynne, E., & Wright, W. (2021). Tales from TikTok: Gender and Cultural Intersectionalities. In Guzzetti, B.J. (Ed.) Genders, Cultures, and Literacies. Routledge.
  • Chakraborty Imon, Kapoor Unnati, & Ilavarasan P. Vigneswara. (2020) There Is Nothing Real! A Study of Nonuse of TikTok in India. In Sharma S.K., Dwivedi Y.K., Metri B., Rana N.P. (eds) Re-imagining Diffusion and Adoption of Information Technology and Systems: A Continuing Conversation. TDIT 2020. IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology, vol 618. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-64861-9_26
  • Chen, Z., & Zhang, Q. (2021). A Survey Study on Successful Marketing Factors for Douyin (Tik-Tok). In F. F.-H. Nah & K. Siau (Eds.), HCI in Business, Government and Organizations (pp. 22–42). Springer International Publishing. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-77750-0_2
  • Collie, Natalie & Wilson-Barnao, Caroline. (2020). Playing with TikTok: algorithmic culture and the future of creative work. In Hearn, Greg (ed) The Future of Creative Work: Creativity and Digital Disruption. Edward Elgar Publishing Limited, UK & USA. https://doi.org/10.4337/9781839101106
  • Lu, Xing, and Zhicong Lu. (2019). Fifteen Seconds of Fame: A Qualitative Study of Douyin, A Short Video Sharing Mobile Application in China. In Social Computing and Social Media. Design, Human Behavior and Analytics, edited by Gabriele Meiselwitz, 11578:233–44. Lecture Notes in Computer Science. Cham: Springer International Publishing. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-21902-4_17
  • Mackenzie, Sorcha Avalon & Nicholas, David. (2020). Finding ‘places to be bad’ in social media: the case of TikTok. In Nicholas, David & Perillo, Sophie (eds) Urban Australia and Post-Punk. Palgrave Macmillan, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-32-9702-9_22
  • Shutsko, Aliaksandra. (2020). User-generated short video content in social media. A case study of TikTok. In Metselwitz G. (eds) Social Computing and Social Media. Participation, user experience, consumer experience and applications of social computing. HCII 2020. Lecture notes in Computer Science, vol 12195, Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-49576-3_8

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Conference Papers

  • Bandy, J.& Diakopoulos, N. (2020). #TulsaFlop: A case study of algorithmically-influenced collective action on TikTok. Paper presented at the FAccTRec Workshop on Responsible Recommendation. arXiv:2012.07716
  • Barta, K., & Andalibi, N. (2021a). Constructing Authenticity on TikTok: Social Norms and Social Support on the “Fun” Platform. Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction, 5(CSCW2), 1–29. https://doi.org/10.1145/3479574
  • Bhandari, A. & Bimo, S. (2020). TikTok and the ‘algorithmized self’: a new model of online interaction. Paper presented at AoIR 2020: The 21st Annual Conference of the Association of Internet Researchers. Virtual: AoIR. https://journals.uic.edu/ojs/index.php/spir/article/view/11172/9856
  • Fiallos, A., Fiallos, C., & Figueroa, S. (2021). Tiktok and Education: Discovering Knowledge through Learning Videos. 2021 Eighth International Conference on EDemocracy EGovernment (ICEDEG), 172–176. https://doi.org/10.1109/ICEDEG52154.2021.9530988
  • Karizat, N., Delmonaco, D., Eslami, M., & Andalibi, N. (2021). Algorithmic Folk Theories and Identity: How TikTok Users Co-Produce Knowledge of Identity and Engage in Algorithmic Resistance. Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction, 5(CSCW2), 305:1-305:44. https://doi.org/10.1145/3476046
  • Kaye, D.B.V., Rodriguez, A. & Wikström, P. (2020). Does anyone know who made this?: commenting cultures on TikTok. In Abidin, Crystal (2020). ‘Please read the comments’: commenting cultures across platforms. Paper presented at AoIR 2020: The 21st Annual Conference of the Association of Internet Researchers. Virtual: AoIR. https://journals.uic.edu/ojs/index.php/spir/article/view/11109/9744
  • Kaye, D.B.V., Rodriguez, A. & Wikström, P. (2020). You made this? I made this: cultures of (mis)attribution on TikTok. Paper presented at AoIR 2020: The 21st Annual Conference of the Association of Internet Researchers. Virtual: AoIR. https://journals.uic.edu/ojs/index.php/spir/article/view/11354/9930
  • Khoa, N.H, Phan, T.D., Hien, D.H., Do, T.T.H. and Pham, V.H. (2020). Forensic analysis of TikTok application to seek digital artifacts on Android smartphone. Paper presented at 2020 RIVF International Conference on Computing and Communication Technologies (RIVF), Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam, 1-5. https://doi.org/10.1109/RIVF48685.2020.9140739
  • Klug, D. (2020). “It took me almost 30 minutes to practice this”. Performance and production practices in dance challenge videos on TikTok. Paper presented at NCA 106th Annual Convention: Communication at the Crossroads, November 19 -22, 2020, Indianapolis. https://doi.org/10.33767/osf.io/j8u9v
  • Le Compte, D., & Klug, D. (2021). “It’s Viral!”—A Study of the Behaviors, Practices, and Motivations of TikTok Users and Social Activism. Companion Publication of the 2021 Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work and Social Computing, 108–111. https://doi.org/10.1145/3462204.3481741
  • Lin, J. (2020). One app, two versions: TikTok and the platformization from China. Paper presented at AoIR 2020: The 21st Annual Conference of the Association of Internet Researchers. Virtual: AoIR. https://journals.uic.edu/ojs/index.php/spir/article/view/11357/9932
  • Ling, C., Blackburn, J., De Cristofaro, E., & Stringhini, G. (2021). Slapping Cats, Bopping Heads, and Oreo Shakes: Understanding Indicators of Virality in TikTok Short Videos. ArXiv:2111.02452 [Cs]. http://arxiv.org/abs/2111.02452
  • Patricio, D., Nogueira, R., Francisco, J.C. & Frade, M. (2020). Post-mortem digital forensic artifacts of TikTok Android App. Paper presented at 15th International Conference on Availability, Reliability and Security (ARES 2020) – Virtual Event, Ireland. https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Patricio_Domingues/publication/343856173_Post-mortem_digital_forensic_artifacts_of_TikTok_Android_App/links/5f48e034299bf13c5046cd85/Post-mortem-digital-forensic-artifacts-of-TikTok-Android-App.pdf
  • Rodriguez, A., & Kaye, D.B.V. (2020). Leave a like If I’m on Your #FYP: TikTok’s (Shared) Algorithmically Curated Content.” In Connection in Crisis. Sydney, Australia. https://digitalintimacies6.wordpress.com/abstracts/
  • Serrano, J.CM., Papakyriakopoulos, O., & Heglich, S. (2020). Dancing to the partisan beat: A first analysis of political communication on TikTok. Paper presented at 12th International ACM Web Science Conference – Southampton, UK. https://arxiv.org/pdf/2004.05478.pdf
  • Sheng, C., & Yang, S.-B. (2021). The Impact of Influencer Characteristics and Platform Affordances on the Likeliness of Impulse Buying: Focusing on the Chinese TikTok live commerce platform. KMIS International Conference, 302–303.
  • Simpson, E.& Semann, B. (2021). For You, or For “You”?: Everyday LGBTQ+ encounters with TikTok. Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction, Vol. 4. https://doi.org/10.1145/3432951
  • Sun, L., Zhang, H., Zhang, S. & Luo, J. (2020). Content-based analysis of the cultural differences between TikTok and Douyin. Paper presented at IEEE Big Data 2020 Conference – Virtual. https://arxiv.org/abs/2011.01414
  • Tang, D. (2019). The new situation of marketing in the self-media era – Taking TikTok as an example. Proceedings of the 2019 2nd International Workshop on Advances in Social Sciences (pp. 1557-1560). https://doi:10.25236/iwass.2019.281
  • Vickery, J.R. (2020). The memeification of #schoolshootings in the U.S.: youth, TikTok, and playful mediated bodies. Paper presented at AoIR 2020: The 21st Annual Conference of the Association of Internet Researchers. Virtual: AoIR. https://journals.uic.edu/ojs/index.php/spir/article/view/11357/9932
  • Wang, Y.H., Gu, T.J., Wang-Shyang-Yuh. (2020). Causes and Characteristics of Short Video Platform Internet Community Taking the TikTok Short Video Application as an Example. Proceedings of the 2019 IEEE International Conference on Consumer Electronics (pp. 1-2). https://doi: 10.1109/ICCE-TW46550.2019.8992021
  • Wang, Y., Luo, Q., Hao, Y., Guo, Y., & Li, Y. (2021, July 12). Analysis from Competitor’s Perspective: Comparing the Opportunities and Risks of Using TikTok in LEGO’s Digital Marketing. 3rd International Symposium on Economic Development and Management Innovation.
  • Yap, S. H., & Yang, C. Y. (2021). Credibility of Tiktok Fashion Influencers on Millennials’ Purchase Intention in Malaysia. International Conference on Advanced Marketing (ICAM4) An International Joint e-Conference-2021, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka. http://repository.kln.ac.lk/handle/123456789/23661
  • Zaragoza, I. E. (2021). Game on! Gamification by means of WebQuest and TikTok in higher education. Nuevos Retos Educativos En La Enseñanza Superior Frente al Desafío COVID-19, 2021, 683–694. https://dialnet.unirioja.es/servlet/articulo?codigo=8153898

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Theses and Miscellaneous Journals

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