TikTok and attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder: a cross-sectional study of social media content quality

A Yeung, E Ng, E Abi-Jaoude - The Canadian Journal of …, 2022 - journals.sagepub.com
Objectives Social media platforms are increasingly being used to disseminate mental health
information online. User-generated content about attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder …

Music challenge memes on TikTok: Understanding in-group storytelling videos

A Vizcaíno-Verdú, C Abidin - International Journal of Communication, 2022 - ijoc.org
Through visual and audio elements in videos no longer than three minutes, TikTok has
created new interactive modes to understand music. Amid its growing popularity, this study …

Online extreme challenges putting children at risk: What we know to date

E Astorri, G Clerici, G Gallo, P Raina, A Pellai - Minerva pediatrics, 2022 - air.unimi.it
INTRODUCTION: Extreme online challenges consist in taking part in challenges proposed
on web and sharing the results in videos posted on social media. The use of social networks …

Understanding Youth Participation in Social Media Challenges: A Scoping Review of Definitions, Typologies, and Theoretical Perspectives

L Kobilke, A Markiewitz - Computers in Human Behavior, 2024 - Elsevier
Abstract Social Media Challenges (SMCs) have become more diverse and seemingly more
extreme, with certain dangerous challenges causing immediate harm to participants and …

Understanding digital-safety experiences of youth in the US

D Freed, NN Bazarova, S Consolvo, EJ Han… - Proceedings of the …, 2023 - dl.acm.org
The seamless integration of technology into the lives of youth has raised concerns about
their digital safety. While prior work has explored youth experiences with physical, sexual …

The phenomenology of tics and tic-like behavior in TikTok

AZ Vera, A Bruce, J Garris, L Tochen, P Bhatia… - Pediatric …, 2022 - Elsevier
Background Pediatricians and pediatric subspecialists worldwide have reported a marked
increase in functional (conversion) disorders with tic-like behaviors during the COVID-19 …

Online interactions and problematic internet use of croatian students during the covid-19 pandemic

L Vejmelka, R Matković - Information, 2021 - mdpi.com
The COVID-19 pandemic caused a transition to online services in almost all aspects of life.
Today, online access is an important aspect of child well-being more than ever. The aim of …

Distrust by default: analysis of parent and child reactions to health misinformation exposure on TikTok

B Feijoo, C Sádaba, L Zozaya - International Journal of …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Social networks have become a recurrent source of health information, but they also
represent a space for the dissemination of erroneous or false information, which becomes …

K-pop TikTok: TikTok's expansion into South Korea, TikTok Stage, and platformed glocalization

C Abidin, J Lee - Media International Australia, 2023 - journals.sagepub.com
We examine how TikTok expanded into the South Korean landscape by utilizing K-pop as a
vehicle, thus demonstrating the theory of 'platformed glocalization'. After several failed …

TikTok and COVID-19 Vaccine Misinformation: New Avenues for Misinformation Spread, Popular Infodemic Topics, and Dangerous Logical Fallacies

M Lundy - International Journal of Communication, 2023 - ijoc.org
TikTok's microvideo format, audio virality, and algorithmic focus present fundamental shifts
and understudied challenges to health communication. This health misinformation study first …