
These media releases and press mentions feature members of the TikTok Cultures Research Network. For a full list of academic sources, please see our TikTok Bibliography.
This page was last updated March 2023
2023
- Crystal Abidin quoted in Business Insider. “Wall Street said TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew had a ‘disaster’ day in Congress — but the app’s users are loving him” (24 March 2023)
- Crystal Abidin quoted in The Atlantic. “Please get me out of dead dog TikTok” (20 March 2023)
- Crystal Abidin quoted in ABC Radio Pacific Beat. “What TikTok’s new Bold Glamour filter means for Pacific users” (16 March 2023)
- Crystal Abidin quoted in The Guardian. “Broadcasting your breakfast: TikTokers obsess over morning routines” (19 February 2023)
2022
- Tom Divon quoted in The Times of Israel. “Institutional let-down: A wake-up call” (August 31 2022)
- Daniela Jaramillo-Dent interviewed in Culture & Inequality Podcast. “Music, social media and migration” (2022, May 16).
- Tom Divon quoted in Time “Why You’re Seeing So Many Johnny Depp Defenders on TikTok” (April 29 2022)
- D. Bondy Valdovinos Kaye quoted in Insider “Experts explain the real impact TikTok’s new policies around state-controlled media might have” (16 March 2022)
- Crystal Abidin quoted in Sydney Morning Herald “TikTok takes on climate as new social activism sweeps the net” (20 February 2022)
- Crystal Abidin quoted in Sydney Morning Herald “‘TikTok is basically in control’: How clothing ‘hauls’ run teen fashion.“ (30 January 2022)
- Tom Divon quoted in Haaretz “דור ה-Z מנציח את השואה בדרך שלו. לרובנו זה בוודאי יגרום אי נוחות עזה (Generation Z commemorates the Holocaust in its own way. For most of us, it will surely cause some intense discomfort)” (27 January 2022)
- Crystal Abidin quoted in The Age “Posting positive: The viral crazy splitting TikTok” (04 January 2022)
2021
- Crystal Abidin quoted in ABC Radio Melbourne “Fashion Influencers and TikTok hauls.” (15 November 2021)
- Crystal Abidin quoted in “No tengo la misma repercusión en otras redes”. Por qué a la gente con discapacidad le va mejor en TikTok [“I don’t have the same impact on other networks.” Why People With Disabilities Do Better On TikTok]” EL PAÍS (30 September 2021)
- Crystal Abidin quoted in ABC South West WA: “Hopes TikTok road safety campaign can save young drivers after horror year on regional WA roads.” (17 August 2021)
- Diana Zulli quoted in CNN “The heroines of ‘RushTok’ received their bids. Here’s why we were so invested in TikTok’s sorority recruitment.” (17 August 2021)
- Crystal Abidin quoted in ABC South West WA: “Why are marketers running public awareness campaigns on TikTok?” (13 August 2021)
- Jonathon Hutchinson quoted in BBC World News Live: “Sports Report, The TikTok Olympics.” (8 August 2021)
- Jonathon Hutchinson quoted in South China Morning Post: “The TikTok-Tokyo Olympics: how athletes like Tom Daley and Liu Shiwen became social media influencers at a Games with no fans.” (5 August 2021)
- Jonathon Hutchinson quoted in BBC News: “Tokyo 2020: TikTok becomes the unofficial behind-the-scenes Olympic channel.” (4 August 2021)
- D. Bondy Valdovinos Kaye quoted in ABC 4Corners: “TikTok: Data mining, discrimination and dangerous content on the world’s most popular app.” (26 July 2021)
- D. Bondy Valdovinos Kaye quoted in ABC News: “The TikTok Spiral.” (26 July 2021)
- Clare Southerton quoted in The Sydney Morning Herald: “‘I’ve never had so much work’: the young Aussies getting rich on TikTok.” (5 July 2021)
- Crystal Abidin quoted in Good Weekend: “‘I’ve never had so much work’: the young Aussies getting rich on TikTok.” (2 July 2021)
- Crystal Abidin quoted in Print Screen: “Internet Ethnographer and researcher Crystal Abidin talks on TikTok and Douyin, Social Video virality and the social relationships extended through the networked body.” (22 March 2021)
- D. Bondy Valdovinos Kaye quoted in China Echo: “Season 3 Episode 4.” (15 March 2021)
- Crystal Abidin quoted in Aruma: “TikTok: The good, the bad and the ugly.” (11 February 2021)
2020
- Crystal Abidin quoted in Financial Times: “TikTok, drag queens and Sarah Cooper: The rise and rise of lip-syncing.” (5 November 2020)
- D. Bondy Valdovinos Kaye quoted in 7News Sunrise Live: “TikTok Content Moderation.” (12 September 2020)
- D. Bondy Valdovinos Kaye quoted in Euronews Live: “TikTok Content Moderation.” (10 September 2020)
- D. Bondy Valdovinos Kaye quoted in Business Insider: “Experts dissected TikTok’s algorithm and say a US buyer will struggle to replicate its magic.” (7 September 2020)
- Milovan Savic quoted in Debugger: “Why You Can’t Look Away from TikTok.” (6 August 2020)
- Crystal Abidin quoted in 悉尼郵報: “不加入美印澳封殺陣營!菲律賓總統府:沒理由禁TikTok 新加坡用戶大增 (Do not join the US, India and Australia banned camp! The Presidential Palace of the Philippines: There is no reason to ban TikTok, Singapore users increase).” (4 August 2020)
- Crystal Abidin quoted in 中央通讯社: “外界憂安全及隱私問題 TikTok新加坡用戶卻大增 (External concerns about security and privacy issues, but TikTok Singapore’s users surge).” 4 August 2020.
- Crystal Abidin quoted in The Straits Times: “More TikTok users in Singapore amid Covid-19 even as concerns mount over security and privacy issues.” (4 August 2020)
- D. Bondy Valdovinos Kaye quoted in Triple J Hack: “How TikTok’s Influencing music.” (28 July 2020)
- D. Bondy Valdovinos Kaye quoted in Protocol: “How TikTok responds to controversy: With more educational videos.” (15 June 2020)
- Milovan Savic quoted in UpStart: “TikTok: Gen Z and the art of political expression.” (10 June 2020)
- D. Bondy Valdovinos Kaye quoted in ABC Sunday Morning Radio: “TikTok Use During COVID19.” (April 26, 2020)
2019
- Crystal Abidin quoted in The Organization for World Peace: “TikTok Activism: Teen Uses TikTok App To Shine A Light On Persecution of Uighurs In China.” (19 December 2019)
- Crystal Abidin quoted in Austrian Broadcasting Corporation: “Der Aufstand der Mädchen auf TikTok.” (27 November 2019)
- Crystal Abidin quoted in ABC News: “Students are fighting climate change, one TikTok video at a time.” (19 September 2019)