TikTok Journalism: A Methodological Approach to Content Analysis on the Short-Video Platform

TikTok has become a fast-growing platform and the public accessing news content through it has increased dramatically. In the context of platformized and distributed journalism, TikTok has aroused great interest among researchers in journalism studies. We are addressing a short-form video and social...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores: Vázquez Herrero, Jorge, Negreira Rey, María Cruz
Tipo de recurso: capítulo de libro
Fecha de publicación:2026
País:España
Institución:Universidad de Santiago de Compostela (USC)
Repositorio:Minerva. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Santiago de Compostela
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:minerva.usc.gal:10347/43644
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10347/43644
Access Level:acceso embargado
Palabra clave:Journalism
Xornalismo
Periodismo
Social media
Redes sociais
Redes sociales
TikTok
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Sumario:TikTok has become a fast-growing platform and the public accessing news content through it has increased dramatically. In the context of platformized and distributed journalism, TikTok has aroused great interest among researchers in journalism studies. We are addressing a short-form video and social entertainment platform, which requires a specific approach to its contents, which are multimodal and complex. In this chapter, we review previous literature and propose journalistic content analysis objectives, data collection and sampling strategies, and methods to analyse TikTok users and posts. Opportunities and challenges posed by the platform for journalism studies are also discussed.