Are TikTok algorithms influencing users' self-perceived identities and personal values? A mini review

CG Ionescu, M Licu - Social Sciences, 2023 - mdpi.com
The use of TikTok is more widespread now than ever, and it has a big impact on users' daily
lives, with self-perceived identity and personal values being topics of interest in light of the …

How transfeminine TikTok creators navigate the algorithmic trap of visibility via folk theorization

MA DeVito - Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer …, 2022 - dl.acm.org
Social platforms open important doors to visibility for transgender people, through which
they can pursue key goals such as broader recognition and normalization. However, each …

The algorithmic crystal: Conceptualizing the self through algorithmic personalization on TikTok

AY Lee, H Mieczkowski, NB Ellison… - Proceedings of the ACM …, 2022 - dl.acm.org
This research examines how TikTok users conceptualize and engage with personalized
algorithms on the TikTok platform. Using qualitative methods, we analyzed 24 interviews …

What do we know about algorithmic literacy? The status quo and a research agenda for a growing field

A Oeldorf-Hirsch, G Neubaum - New Media & Society, 2023 - journals.sagepub.com
The increasing role of algorithms sha** our use of communication technology—
particularly on social media—comes with a growth of empirical research attempting to …

How to tame" your" algorithm: LGBTQ+ users' domestication of TikTok

E Simpson, A Hamann, B Semaan - Proceedings of the ACM on Human …, 2022 - dl.acm.org
As our social worlds increasingly shift online, many of the technologies people encounter
are mediated by algorithms. Algorithms have become deeply embedded into people's online …

Practical knowledge of algorithms: The case of BreadTube

K Cotter - New Media & Society, 2024 - journals.sagepub.com
The growing ubiquity of algorithms in everyday life has prompted cross-disciplinary interest
in what people know about algorithms. The purpose of this article is to build on this growing …

An initial conceptualization of algorithm responsiveness: Comparing perceptions of algorithms across social media platforms

SH Taylor, M Choi - Social Media+ Society, 2022 - journals.sagepub.com
Human–algorithm interaction has emerged as a pressing area in social media research
because algorithms curate and govern most communication on social media. In the present …

[PDF][PDF] In FYP we trust: The divine force of algorithmic conspirituality

K Cotter, JR DeCook, S Kanthawala… - International Journal of …, 2022 - researchgate.net
In this article, we introduce the concept of algorithmic conspirituality to capture occasions
when people find personal, often revelatory connections to content algorithmically …

The lonely algorithm problem: the relationship between algorithmic personalization and social connectedness on TikTok

SH Taylor, YA Chen - Journal of Computer-Mediated …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Many major social media companies have claimed that their social feed algorithms were
designed to promote relational well-being and enhance social connection. This project …

Platform-mediated Markets, Online Freelance Workers and Deconstructed Identities

I Munoz, M Dunn, S Sawyer, E Michaels - Proceedings of the ACM on …, 2022 - dl.acm.org
We advance the concept of deconstructed identity to explain how online workers' identities
are being reshaped, diminished and controlled by digital labor platforms. We focus on online …