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Journalism on TikTok
Journalism on TikTok

Author(s): Magdaléna Švecová, Anna Kačincová Predmerská
Subject(s): Media studies, Social Informatics, ICT Information and Communications Technologies, Globalization
Published by: Univerzita sv. Cyrila a Metoda v Trnave, Fakulta masmediálnej komunikácie
Keywords: Daily Mirror; Facebook; GEO; Guardian Australia; informing; Instagram; interaction; media; social network; Tik Tok;

Summary/Abstract: The TikTok social network attracted the attention of the young generation of teenagers and it immediately became popular thanks to its nature. Fast and funny videos with a musical background become viral and competes with the Instagram. Influencers also found a place for their job on TikTok and gradually the media began to appear on this platform. In this study, the authors will deal with the content that selected media disseminate on this social network and how they fit into the context of their journalistic work. They will try to name the intentions of communication on the TikTok social network and also to define the basic trends and procedures for creating journalistic content on the TikTok social network.

  • Issue Year: 7/2020
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 120-130
  • Page Count: 11
  • Language: English
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