Tiktok's queer public culture of mental health support

Byron, P

Tiktok's queer public culture of mental health support

Byron, P

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Citation:: First Monday, 2024, 29, (5)
Issue Date:: 2024-05-07

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dc.contributor.author	Byron, P https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6591-3060
dc.date.accessioned	2024-12-09T23:51:18Z
dc.date.available	2024-12-09T23:51:18Z
dc.date.issued	2024-05-07
dc.identifier.citation	First Monday, 2024, 29, (5)
dc.identifier.issn	1396-0466
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dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/182436
dc.description.abstract	TikTok offers LGBTQ+ young people a queer public through which to negotiate mental health difficulties. Data from an Australian survey of LGBTQ+ young people was analysed to consider TikTok-specific mental health support. Five key themes of support related to: 1) sharing experiences; 2) encountering ‘people like me’; 3) comfort and safety; 4) mental health education; and 5) feeling less alone. These overlapping themes foreground the affective aspects of TikTok use for many LGBTQ+ young people, reflecting Cvetkovich’s theorization of ‘queer public cultures’. This can be seen in LGBTQ+ young people’s collective negotiations of mental health on TikTok — as a platform that offers new affective connections to queer culture, while continuing an ongoing culture of peer support forged through collective struggle, survival, and creative practice.
dc.language	en
dc.publisher	University of Illinois Libraries
dc.relation.ispartof	First Monday
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dc.subject	0806 Information Systems, 0807 Library and Information Studies, 2001 Communication and Media Studies
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dc.subject.classification	4610 Library and information studies
dc.subject.classification	4701 Communication and media studies
dc.title	Tiktok's queer public culture of mental health support
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Abstract:

TikTok offers LGBTQ+ young people a queer public through which to negotiate mental health difficulties. Data from an Australian survey of LGBTQ+ young people was analysed to consider TikTok-specific mental health support. Five key themes of support related to: 1) sharing experiences; 2) encountering ‘people like me’; 3) comfort and safety; 4) mental health education; and 5) feeling less alone. These overlapping themes foreground the affective aspects of TikTok use for many LGBTQ+ young people, reflecting Cvetkovich’s theorization of ‘queer public cultures’. This can be seen in LGBTQ+ young people’s collective negotiations of mental health on TikTok — as a platform that offers new affective connections to queer culture, while continuing an ongoing culture of peer support forged through collective struggle, survival, and creative practice.

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