Taking back and giving back on TikTok: Algorithmic mutual aid in the platform economy

E Maris, R Caplan, H Thach - new media & society, 2024 - journals.sagepub.com
This article explores three genres of TikTok content in which creators and users collaborate
to re (direct) the value they create on-platform toward specific needs, people, and causes …

" I Got Flagged for Supposed Bullying, Even Though It Was in Response to Someone Harassing Me About My Disability.": A Study of Blind TikTokers' Content …

Y Lyu, J Cai, A Callis, K Cotter, JM Carroll - Proceedings of the 2024 CHI …, 2024 - dl.acm.org
The Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) community has consistently focused on the
experiences of users moderated by social media platforms. Recently, scholars have noticed …

" I feel physically safe but not politically safe": Understanding the Digital Threats and Safety Practices of {OnlyFans} Creators

A Soneji, V Hamilton, A Doupé, A McDonald… - 33rd USENIX Security …, 2024 - usenix.org
OnlyFans is a subscription-based social media platform with over 1.5 million content
creators and 150 million users worldwide. OnlyFans creators primarily produce intimate …

“Caption It in an Accessible Way That Is Also Enjoyable”: Characterizing User-Driven Captioning Practices on TikTok

EJ McDonnell, T Eagle, P Sinlapanuntakul… - Proceedings of the …, 2024 - dl.acm.org
As user-generated video dominates media landscapes, it poses an accessibility challenge.
While disability advocacy groups globally have secured hard-won accessibility regulations …

Algorithmic media use and algorithm literacy: An integrative literature review

E Gagrčin, TK Naab, MF Grub - new media & society, 2024 - journals.sagepub.com
Algorithms profoundly shape user experiences on digital platforms, raising concerns about
their negative impacts and highlighting the importance of algorithm literacy. Research on …

" We're not all construction workers": Algorithmic Compression of Latinidad on TikTok

N Lutz, C Aragon - Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer …, 2024 - dl.acm.org
The Latinx diaspora in the United States is a rapidly growing and complex demographic who
face intersectional harms and marginalizations in sociotechnical systems and are currently …

Beyond artificial intelligence controversies: What are algorithms doing in the scientific literature?

AK Munk, M Jacomy, M Ficozzi… - Big Data & …, 2024 - journals.sagepub.com
Mounting critique of the way AI is framed in mainstream media calls for less sensationalist
coverage, be it jubilant or apocalyptic, and more attention to the concrete situations in which …

The myth of lesbian generation loss: Finding intergenerational solidarities in digital sexual selfhood projects

C Connell, O Fields, E Chudyk - Journal of Lesbian Studies, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
The contemporary preoccupation with lesbian's potential obsolescence relies on implicit
assumptions about the (ir) relevance of lesbian feminism to younger generations. In this …

“How do we do that?” An analysis of TikToks by lesbians over age 30 representing sexual identity, lived experience over time, and solidarity

H Jamet-Lange, S Duguay - Journal of Lesbian Studies, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Lesbians have long turned to digital media and technologies for information, support, and to
self-represent sexual identity in ways that have the capacity for building communities and …

Camouflage Is All You Need: Evaluating and Enhancing Transformer Models Robustness Against Camouflage Adversarial Attacks

Á Huertas-García, A Martín… - … on Emerging Topics …, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Advanced language models demonstrate remarkable capabilities but remain vulnerable to
adversarial word camouflage techniques. These techniques introduce visually perceptible …