Gabriel Weimann, Natalie Masri,
TikTok is the fastest-growing application today, attracting a huge audience of 1.5 billion active users, ... Instagram, the extremist immigration to other platforms like TikTok went unnoticed. This study is a first attempt to find the Far-right’s use of TikTok: it is a descriptive analysis based on a systematic content analysis of TikTok videos, posted in early 2020. Our findings reveal ... in videos, commentary, symbols and pictures included in TikTok’s postings. While similar concerns were with regard ...
Tópico(s): Islamic Studies and Radicalism
2020 - Taylor & Francis | Studies in Conflict and Terrorism
... around the world, it is no surprise that TikTok is buzzing with cultures and practices of internet ... more commercial and professionalized with the rise of TikTok Influencers, advertising networks, and agencies dedicated to monetizing content and embedding advertising on TikTok, and top TikTok Influencers raking in millions in income annually. However, ... known about the constitution of internet celebrity on TikTok yet, and existing models of internet celebrity on ... not neatly apply to the distinctive terrain of TikTok. As such, this paper is an exploratory study ...
Tópico(s): Sexuality, Behavior, and Technology
2020 - Ubiquity Press | Cultural Science Journal
Ciera E. Kirkpatrick, LaRissa L. Lawrie,
Background TikTok is one of the most-used and fastest-growing social media platforms in the world, and recent ... platform. Women are among the largest group of TikTok users in the United States and may be ... affected by the dissemination of health information on TikTok. Prior research has shown that women are not ... United States to better understand their use of TikTok for health information as well as their perceptions of TikTok’s health information and health communication sources. Methods ... women in the United States who have used TikTok have obtained health information from the platform either ...
Tópico(s): Social Media and Politics
2024 - | JMIR Infodemiology
Jenny Wu, Melissa Greene, Megan N. Happ, Esmé D. Trahair, Melissa N. Montoya, Jonas J. Swartz,
TikTok, a short-form video-sharing application, is a popular platform used by 50.3% of the United States digital population.1Statista. Digital & trends: TikTok. Statista; 2022. Available at: https://www.statista.com/study/70013/tiktok/. Accessed September 7, 2022.Google Scholar Viral videos ... Pavilonis V, Wang M. Beware the ’new Google:’ TikTok’s search engine pumps toxic misinformation to its ... analyzed and evaluated videos about medication abortion on TikTok. We evaluated the 100 most-viewed videos tagged ...
Tópico(s): Health Literacy and Information Accessibility
2023 - Elsevier BV | American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Nisha Yao, Jing Chen, Siyuan Huang, Christian Montag, Jon D. Elhai,
With a rapid rise in TikTok use, problematic TikTok use has become a contemporary concern. However, little is known about how problematic TikTok use develops. The current study examined two important ... depression and social anxiety may contribute to problematic TikTok use. We recruited 822 regular TikTok users from China through an online survey service ... social anxiety, boredom proneness, distress intolerance, and problematic TikTok use severity on two assessment occasions with a ... and social anxiety (time 1 predictors) with problematic TikTok use severity (time 2 dependent variable) through boredom ...
Tópico(s): Digital Marketing and Social Media
2023 - Elsevier BV | Computers in Human Behavior
TikTok—the world’s most downloaded app since 2020, has become a place for more than silly dancing and lip-syncing. TikTok users are increasingly turning to TikTok for news content. Meanwhile, news publishers are embracing TikTok to reach a younger audience. We aim to ... adopted by the most-followed news publishers on TikTok and how effective their TikTok strategy is in spurring audience engagement in terms ... commenting, and sharing. This study retrieved 101,292 TikTok news videos as of November 22, 2022. With ...
Tópico(s): Misinformation and Its Impacts
2023 - SAGE Publishing | Social Science Computer Review
Jenna Kanner, Suneet Waghmarae, Amy Nemirovsky, Shu Wang, Stacy Loeb, Rena Malik,
... actionability, and diversity of speakers in videos on TikTok and YouTube regarding overactive bladder.Using Application Program Interface, the top 500 TikTok and 120 YouTube videos on overactive bladder were ... misinformation and commercial bias.One hundred thirty-six TikTok videos and 75 YouTube videos met inclusion criteria. Eighty-eight percent of TikTok videos had poor PEMAT actionability scores (a score ... to 60% of YouTube videos. Both YouTube and TikTok videos scored low on PEMAT understandability. Ninety-eight ...
Tópico(s): Bladder and Urothelial Cancer Treatments
2023 - Lippincott Williams & Wilkins | Urology Practice
Daniel Gilmore, Deondray Radford, Meghan K. Haas, Morgan C. Shields, Lauren Bishop‐Fitzpatrick, Brittany N. Hand,
Background: TikTok is a popular social media site for connecting with others online where many users also access and ... have characterized information shared about specific disabilities on TikTok, but descriptions of autism-related content are lacking. Understanding the information shared about autism on TikTok is important to understanding health communication in this ... views and that used the hashtag #autism from TikTok. Using a joint inductive and deductive approach, we ... to describe characteristics of who was in the TikTok videos. Results: We analyzed n = 678 videos. The ...
Tópico(s): Impact of Technology on Adolescents
2023 - Mary Ann Liebert, Inc. | Autism in Adulthood
This Special Issue of “TikTok and Social Movements” emerges from an attempt to map out the landscape of social movements happening on TikTok, drawing from the online symposium “TikTok and Social Movements” hosted in September 2021 by the TikTok Cultures Research Network, a research portal for interdisciplinary scholarship on TikTok cultures. The recent growing popularity of TikTok has transformed the cultures and practices of social ... context, this introduction to the Special Issue titled “TikTok and Social Movements” begins by thinking about how ...
Tópico(s): Social Media and Politics
2023 - SAGE Publishing | Social Media + Society
Peyton N. Carter, Eric E. Hall, Caroline J. Ketcham, Osman Hassan Ahmed,
... gather healthcare-related information, including on sports injuries. “TikTok” is currently one of the fastest-growing social ... young adults. The widespread use and popularity of TikTok suggests that this platform has potential to be ... of the concussion/head injury-related information on TikTok, and to gauge if TikTok could serve as a platform for concussion education. ... more about how concussion is being portrayed through TikTok videos. Using the keywords “concussion” and “head injury,” 200 videos were downloaded from TikTok and 43 videos were excluded. Of the 92 ...
Tópico(s): Social Media in Health Education
2021 - Frontiers Media | Frontiers in Sports and Active Living
Rafey Rehman, Marwa Saad, Yolanda Helfrich, Sandra Oska, Darius Mehregan, Steven Daveluy,
To the Editor: As of January 2021, TikTok is an application with about 689 million monthly users, where users can upload videos ranging from 2 seconds to 1 minute.110 TikTok Statistics You Need to Know in 2021 [March data].https://www.oberlo.com/blog/tiktok-statisticsDate accessed: April 16, 2021Google Scholar However, TikTok recently announced that users could upload videos for up to 3 minutes. This enables TikTok to be used as a video-based educational ... Adriat. 2009; 18: 165-172PubMed Google Scholar Although TikTok was primarily created for entertainment, it is important ...
Tópico(s): Misinformation and Its Impacts
2021 - Elsevier BV | JAAD International
Rishub K. Das, Brian C. Drolet,
... literature lacks evaluation of plastic surgery content in TikTok (ByteDance, Beijing, People's Republic of China), the ... on Android smartphones and iPhones in 2020.4 TikTok is a feed-based, video-sharing social media ... States alone.4 Unlike other social media platforms, TikTok's algorithm creates a video feed of user- ... thereby allowing videos to reach a broader audience. TikTok is more community-oriented than other social media ... To understand how plastic surgery influencers are using TikTok, we conducted a cross-sectional study to determine ...
Tópico(s): Impact of Technology on Adolescents
2021 - Lippincott Williams & Wilkins | Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery
Nicholas M. Baumel, John K. Spatharakis, Steven T. Karitsiotis, Evangelos I. Sellas,
Juxtaposing the immense popularity of TikTok as a social media platform with its ability to propagate videos instantaneously, exposure to misleading information becomes an urgent domain of ... the intent of a social media app like TikTok, it is often an unintentional consequence of such an open access platform. Adolescent users of TikTok, who make up more than 60% of the ... risk of misinformation [[1]Clement J. U.S. TikTok users by age 2020 | Statista. 2020 [online] Statista.https://www.statista.com/statistics/1095186/tiktok-us-users-age/Date accessed: December 18, 2020Google ...
Tópico(s): Infection Control and Ventilation
2021 - Elsevier BV | Journal of Adolescent Health
Dannell Boatman, Susan Eason, Mary Ellen Conn, Stephenie Kennedy-Rea,
... priority population on social media and digital outlets. TikTok is a growing social media platform with approximately ... to understand HPV vaccine messaging and interactions on TikTok as a needed first step to identifying effective ... Methods Content analysis was performed on 170 top TikToks focused on the HPV vaccine. TikToks were assessed for content, classification type, and number of interactions. Results Most TikToks were provaccine, while antivaccine TikToks had more user interactions. Cancer and prevention were ...
Tópico(s): FinTech, Crowdfunding, Digital Finance
2021 - SAGE Publishing | Health Promotion Practice
Colby L. Presley, Kayd J Pulsipher, Hope R Rietcheck, Mindy D Szeto, Melissa Laughter, Robert P. Dellavalle,
... on YouTube, Instagram, and Twitter. We propose including TikTok, a social media platform with popularity increasing since ... statistics/Date: 2020Date accessed: November 28, 2020Google Scholar TikTok allows users to create and share short, catchy videos. TikTok is used by members of the medical community ... a new audience. The unique "duet" feature of TikTok permits users (dermatologists) to immediately respond and publicly ... sectional study determining the top dermatologist influencers on TikTok. The top 10 profiles acknowledged as dermatologists or ...
Tópico(s): Health Literacy and Information Accessibility
2021 - Elsevier BV | Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology
Vaishali Ravikumar, Kailash Kapadia, Margaret M. Dalena, Haripriya S. Ayyala, Smita R. Ramanadham,
... media following are displayed higher on Google searches. TikTok is a new, short-form video application that ... The authors aim to examine the use of TikTok among plastic surgeons and compare it to Instagram ... landscape. The term "plastic surgeon" was queried on TikTok. Only accounts of verifiable, U.S.-based, board- ... number of followers, and number of posts on TikTok. If the surgeon's Instagram account was linked to his or her TikTok profile, it was used to reach their Instagram account. Otherwise, the surgeon's name or TikTok username was searched on Instagram until an account ...
Tópico(s): Mobile Health and mHealth Applications
2021 - Lippincott Williams & Wilkins | Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery
Christian Montag, Haibo Yang, Jon D. Elhai,
TikTok (in Chinese: DouYin; formerly known as musical.ly) currently represents one of the most successful Chinese ... the world. Since its founding in September 2016, TikTok has seen widespread distribution, in particular, attracting young ... numbers, psychological studies aiming at an understanding of TikTok use are scarce. This narrative review provides a ... uses and gratification theory in the realm of TikTok are highlighted, and we also discuss aspects of the TikTok platform design. Given the many unexplored research questions ...
Tópico(s): Child Development and Digital Technology
2021 - Frontiers Media | Frontiers in Public Health
David X. Zheng, Kathleen Mulligan, Jeffrey F. Scott,
... Min M. Cobos G. LaChance A. Overview of TikTok's most viewed dermatologic content and assessment of ... Full Text PDF Scopus (15) Google Scholar on TikTok and dermatology. The authors characterized the content and ... reliability of the most popular dermatology videos on TikTok. Although the content creators of the most popular ... on the American Academy of Dermatology guidelines. Worldwide, TikTok has had over 1 billion monthly active users ... growing social media platform (Table I).2Doyle B. TikTok Statistics - Updated October 2020. Wallaroo.https://wallaroomedia.com/ ...
Tópico(s): Health Literacy and Information Accessibility
2021 - Elsevier BV | Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology
Purpose In the U.S., TikTok surged in popularity as the COVID-19 virus spread nationally. TikTok posts may both reflect and shape young people's perceptions ... gratifications framework to a systematic analysis of trending TikToks related to COVID-19, with attention to changes ... on an original data set of 2,675 TikToks (529 unique videos across 68 COVID-relevant hashtags) viewed over 2,840,347,014 times. TikToks were tracked daily for 65 days after the ... facilitated analyses of changes over time. Results Trending TikToks related to COVID-19 most often featured details ...
Tópico(s): Social Media and Politics
2021 - Elsevier BV | Journal of Adolescent Health
TikTok was the undisputed rising star of Social Media in 2020. Although the app has started to ... regarding monthly active user growth, academic research on TikTok's secret to success is still scarce. This ... contribute to research by trying to identify how TikTok outperforms its rival with an advanced algorithm and ... will provide context, followed by a study amongst TikTok users in Austria, Germany and Switzerland. Results show that TikTok has overtaken Facebook by an average of 30 min amongst teenagers' daily app usage. TikTok's matchmaking algorithm plays a major role in ...
Tópico(s): Digital Mental Health Interventions
2021 - Springer International Publishing | Springer proceedings in business and economics
Bina Kassamali, Camila Villa‐Ruiz, Daniel R. Mazori, Michelle S. Min, Gabriela Cobos, Avery LaChance,
... D.X. Mulligan K.M. Scott J.F. TikTok and dermatology: an opportunity for public health engagement. ... for their interest in our manuscript, "Overview of TikTok's most viewed dermatologic content and assessment of ... Min M. Cobos G. LaChance A. Overview of TikTok's most viewed dermatologic content and assessment of ... PDF Scopus (15) Google Scholar We agree that TikTok holds great potential as a platform for disseminating ... number of views for the hashtag #acne on TikTok more than doubled from 3.0 to 6. ... D.X. Mulligan K.M. Scott J.F. TikTok and dermatology: an opportunity for public health engagement. ...
Tópico(s): Health Literacy and Information Accessibility
2021 - Elsevier BV | Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology
Darragh McCashin, Colette M Murphy,
Globally, TikTok is now the fastest growing social media platform among children and young people; but it remains surprisingly ... a systematic review concerning studies that have examined TikTok for any public health or mental health purpose; and a follow-up content analysis of TikTok within an Irish context. For study 1, a ... to English-speaking publications of any design where TikTok was the primary focus of the study. The ... from study 1, and converted this terminology to TikTok hashtags to search within TikTok in combination with ...
Tópico(s): Child Development and Digital Technology
2022 - SAGE Publishing | Clinical Child Psychology and Psychiatry
Kim Hua Tan, Agila Rajendran, Nazri Muslim, Jamsari Alias, Nor Afian Yusof,
... media platforms, none can boast the ubiquity of TikTok. This application has been, and continues to be, ... has the potential to enhance educational pedagogies. Although TikTok has various features aligned to language learning, TikTok’s application within the education field is still ... review aims to identify the key features of TikTok that can be used to enhance pedagogical strategies ... is conducted in order to identify the useful TikTok elements that strengthened pedagogical strategies in ESL classrooms. ...
Tópico(s): Educational Methods and Impacts
2022 - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute | Sustainability
Mustufa Babar, Justin Loloi, Rutul D. Patel, Sandeep Singh, Umair Azhar, Pedro Maria, Alexander Small, Kara Watts,
... regarding erectile dysfunction (ED) treatment on YouTube and TikTok. The term "erectile dysfunction" was searched on YouTube and TikTok in July 2021. The first 50 videos on ... Assessment Tool (PEMAT) and 5-point modified DISCERN. TikTok videos were shorter (0.4 minutes vs. 5. ... 23,000, p = 0.016) than YouTube videos. TikTok videos were less reliable than YouTube videos (TikTok 5/50 [10%] vs. YouTube 21/50 [42%], ... inhibitors (32% vs. 10%, p = 0.007), while TikTok mentioned more about alternative supplements (36% vs. 4%, ...
Tópico(s): HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions
2022 - Wiley | Andrologia
Jithin John, Rohun Gupta, Pushtee Jhaveri, Eduardo M. Leon, Eric L Cox, Jonathan Raskin, Neil J. Khatter, Ricky Sayal, Adam J. Folbe,
... An investigative analysis of educational tonsillectomy content on TikTok Jithin John, Corresponding Author Jithin John jithinjohn@oakland. ... one of the fastest to gain popularity is TikTok.1 As of November 15, 2021, TikTok is the most downloaded free application on both Apple and Google Play Store. TikTok is a video-sharing platform that creators use ... or dialogs. Anyone can become a creator on TikTok, and this provides the opportunity for people to ... content in a reduced amount of time. Furthermore, TikTok trends seem to be the most viral videos ...
Tópico(s): Health Literacy and Information Accessibility
2022 - Wiley | Health Science Reports
Abstract TikTok, as an emerging digital geography, has transformed remote communication to a live, instant, and uncannily realistic interaction. To explore the implications of TikTok on older adults, this paper examines the accounts of older Chinese TikTok celebrities – their participation in TikTok as well as the major discourses of ageing mediated by TikTok. An empirical study was conducted by quantitatively analysing web‐scraped comments on older TikTok celebrities and by interpreting the themes present in ...
Tópico(s): Digital Economy and Work Transformation
2022 - Wiley | Area
Andrey Zheluk, Judith Anderson, Sarah Dineen‐Griffin,
... non-specific back pain (ANSBP) content available on TikTok (ByteDance Ltd, Beijing, China) in 2021. It is plausible that TikTok's popularity among teenagers, adolescents, and young adults ... videos available through the hashtag #backpain available on TikTok in September 2021. We examined the following research ... guidelines?. Results We identified clear differences based on TikTok creator identity in our data set of most ... and other creator identities. We found that the TikTok videos created by chiropractors were consistently among the ...
Tópico(s): Health Policy Implementation Science
2022 - Cureus, Inc. | Cureus
Meghan R. Mansour, Yasmine Abushukur, Geoffrey Potts,
To the Editor: In 2020, TikTok became the most downloaded app globally, reaching over one billion users.1Lyons K. TikTok says it has passed 1 billion users. The ... https://www.theverge.com/2021/9/27/22696281/tiktok-1-billion-usersGoogle Scholar While the credibility of educational content on TikTok may vary among videos, they can contain valuable ... examine the quality of popular KP content on TikTok and identify areas for improving the delivery of ... information on the app. On December 28, 2021, TikTok was searched for videos containing #keratosispilaris. After screening ...
Tópico(s): Health Literacy and Information Accessibility
2022 - Elsevier BV | JAAD International
R. Gilmore, J. Beezhold, V. Selwyn, R. Howard, I. Bartolome, N. Henderson,
Introduction TikTok is a free mobile application, that enables users to create short videos. TikTok has an estimated one billion monthly active users, ... rise in content discussing ADHD – hashtag ADHD on TikTok has 6.3 billion views. The discussions continue on Twitter, where users are reporting watching TikTok content explaining ADHD symptomatology, subsequently relating to the ... aims to identify key themes in discussions around TikTok and ADHD, and its ramifications. Objectives This study’ ... discuss the relationship between viewing ADHD content of TikTok and self-diagnoses of ADHD in young people. ...
Tópico(s): Mobile Health and mHealth Applications
2022 - Cambridge University Press | European Psychiatry