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View article: Technolinguistic suspension and the digital futures of minority languages: AI and Meänkieli in Sweden
Technolinguistic suspension and the digital futures of minority languages: AI and Meänkieli in Sweden Open
As AI-driven language models transform communication, minority languages like Meänkieli—a national minority language in northern Sweden—face new forms of digital marginalization. Historically suppressed by the Swedish state, Meänkieli now …
View article: Memeing the moniker: The stickiness of gang myths in Swedish news legacy media and TikTok
Memeing the moniker: The stickiness of gang myths in Swedish news legacy media and TikTok Open
With the rise of explosive violence in urban Sweden, gang-related crime has become a dominant themein Swedish media and political discourse. As individual members of prominent criminal networks gainincreasing media attention, the construct…
View article: Dominant discourses of Green Growth and the Swedish North: A topic model of the “green” transition in Swedish news media, 2015–2023
Dominant discourses of Green Growth and the Swedish North: A topic model of the “green” transition in Swedish news media, 2015–2023 Open
A so-called green transition is ongoing in the Swedish North, primarily driven by investments in making basic industries fossil-free. The societal impact in the region is widespread and complex, and the ecological gain is sometimes dispute…
View article: “The algorithm loves the war”: ambivalent visibility in content creator practices during war
“The algorithm loves the war”: ambivalent visibility in content creator practices during war Open
Content creators in war zones are critical in shaping global perceptions of conflict. Through social media, they document real-time events and reach audiences beyond the traditional news frameworks. Based on an ethnographic study of Czech …
View article: The rise of war influencers: Creators, platforms, and the visibility of conflict zones
The rise of war influencers: Creators, platforms, and the visibility of conflict zones Open
Since February 2022, the war in Ukraine has ushered in a new era of war documentation, with TikTok emerging as a central platform for showcasing daily life in conflict zones. This shift has given rise to “war influencers,” a distinct group…
View article: Digital Death Humour: Exploring the Role of Humour in Death-Related Content on TikTok
Digital Death Humour: Exploring the Role of Humour in Death-Related Content on TikTok Open
This study explores the role of humour in shaping digital death discourses on TikTok. examining how users engage with mortality, the afterlife, and dying in playful yet profound ways. Through an analysis of three content strands--#celebrit…
View article: Apartheid in the digital outdoors? An analysis of the Instagram content of outdoor brands in the US, UK and Scandinavia
Apartheid in the digital outdoors? An analysis of the Instagram content of outdoor brands in the US, UK and Scandinavia Open
The outdoors offers widely understood health and wellbeing benefits and provides an unparalleled resource for the realization and projection of identity, from the personal to the national. Yet access to the outdoors in the countries of the…
View article: Greenfluencers and environmental advocacy
Greenfluencers and environmental advocacy Open
Greenfluencers, also known as environmental influencers, intertwine environmental issues with personal lifestyle content. Their digital platforms provide spaces where social media users engage with and interpret sustainability issues. Howe…
View article: Influencer responsibility in practice: The role of Instagram debates for individualised politics during the COVID-19 pandemic
Influencer responsibility in practice: The role of Instagram debates for individualised politics during the COVID-19 pandemic Open
During the COVID-19 pandemic, many governments discouraged citizens from travelling both within and outside the nation in an effort to mitigate the spread of the virus. Still, some Scandinavian influencers, whose livelihood often depends o…
View article: Playful Trauma: TikTok Creators and the Use of the Platformed Body in Times of War
Playful Trauma: TikTok Creators and the Use of the Platformed Body in Times of War Open
Amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine, TikTok has emerged as a pivotal platform, where creators utilize its compressed video formats to mediate the harsh realities of war zones. In this article, we examine 97 videos produced by 12 Ukrainian…
View article: “Please. Do. Not. Share. Videos. Share. Cats.”: Counteracting Terrorist and Violent Extremist Content on Twitter during Terrorist Attacks
“Please. Do. Not. Share. Videos. Share. Cats.”: Counteracting Terrorist and Violent Extremist Content on Twitter during Terrorist Attacks Open
Obtaining accurate information from social media during a crisis can be difficult, but should all information really be disseminated? Social media platforms actively filter out terrorist and violent extremist content (TVEC), but how are us…
View article: Memeifying academic work precarity
Memeifying academic work precarity Open
This paper explores how academic life became memeified on TikTok during the COVID-19 pandemic. For many academics, and especially early-career scholars, workloads increased during this time. Female academics, in particular, faced significa…
View article: Through a white lens: Black victimhood, visibility, and whiteness in the Black Lives Matter movement on TikTok
Through a white lens: Black victimhood, visibility, and whiteness in the Black Lives Matter movement on TikTok Open
In this paper, we explore how highly visible users in the context of #BlackLivesMatter on TikTok shape the narrative around Black victims of police brutality, the understanding of these narratives by others, and the potential consequences …
View article: Social media amplification loops and false alarms: Towards a Sociotechnical understanding of misinformation during emergencies
Social media amplification loops and false alarms: Towards a Sociotechnical understanding of misinformation during emergencies Open
In the immediate aftermath of crisis events, there is a pressing demand among the public for information about what is unfolding. In such moments "information holes" occur, people and organizations collaborate to try to fill these in real …
View article: Algorithmic Closeness in Mourning: Vernaculars of the Hashtag #grief on TikTok
Algorithmic Closeness in Mourning: Vernaculars of the Hashtag #grief on TikTok Open
This study looks at how mourning is expressed using the hashtag #grief on the social media app TikTok using qualitative content analysis. In a dataset of 100 TikTok videos, this article explores how the TikTok ranking algorithms, which ord…
View article: Digital aftermaths of terror: Reactions to terrorist attacks on Twitter
Digital aftermaths of terror: Reactions to terrorist attacks on Twitter Open
Background. This thesis explores digital public reactions to terrorist attacks, and specifically how discourses on terrorism become articulated on social media. The overarching aim of the thesis is ...
View article: Continued Contexts of Terror: Analyzing Temporal Patterns of Hashtag Co-Occurrence as Discursive Articulations
Continued Contexts of Terror: Analyzing Temporal Patterns of Hashtag Co-Occurrence as Discursive Articulations Open
This study looks at how terror attacks are rendered discursively meaningful on social media through the concurrent use and reiteration of terror hashtags, which were created following previous incidents of terror. The article focuses on 12…