Ephemeral Content and Ephemeral Consumption on TikTok

In this chapter, we look at how TikTok's templates and algorithmic logics are incorporated into users' everyday practices of content production and of interaction within the platform itself. In doing so, we analyse how TikTok's architecture prompts practices of ephemeral consumption,...

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Published in:The Platformisation of Consumer Culture pp. 206 - 230
Main Authors: Caliandro, Alessandro, Gandini, Alessandro, Bainotti, Lucia, Anselmi, Guido
Format: Book Chapter
Language:English
Published: Routledge 2024
Amsterdam University Press
Edition:1
Subjects:
algorithms
liquid consumption
scraping
templatability analysis
shoechallenge
memetic content
ISBN:9781041188711, 9463729569, 9789463729567, 1041188714
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Summary:In this chapter, we look at how TikTok's templates and algorithmic logics are incorporated into users' everyday practices of content production and of interaction within the platform itself. In doing so, we analyse how TikTok's architecture prompts practices of ephemeral consumption, here intended as forms of ephemeral digital consumption (rather than other forms of fast-paced and temporary consumption, such as fast fashion). By mixing hashtag analysis, sound analysis, and the visual analysis of TikTok videos, this chapter illustrates how platform affordances can stimulate the emergence of ephemeral consumption practices. By focusing on one TikTok challenge, the #shoechallenge, results show that ephemeral consumption on TikTok is characterised by: a) the ubiquitous display of consumption; b) the limited temporality of video clips; c) the situational nature of users' performances; and d) the attempts at attention-seeking in an algorithmically mediated and memetic platform.
ISBN:9781041188711
9463729569
9789463729567
1041188714
DOI:10.5117/9789463729567-ch08