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5. The Dangerous but Efficacious Potency of the Social Media Behemoth TikTok on U.S. Politics with Gen Z: Conceptualizing Mis-, Disinformation and Propaganda on TikTok

verfasst von : Young Joon Lim, Lynse Larance Guerra

Erschienen in: Fast Politics

Verlag: Springer Nature Singapore

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Social media have been around for two decades. Its premise was to keep one connected with friends. Later it grew to adding friends that had never been met in real life. The idea of seeing content from those one chose to follow was the premise of MySpace, Facebook and Instagram.

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Titel: The Dangerous but Efficacious Potency of the Social Media Behemoth TikTok on U.S. Politics with Gen Z: Conceptualizing Mis-, Disinformation and Propaganda on TikTok
verfasst von: Young Joon Lim
Lynse Larance Guerra
Verlag: Springer Nature Singapore
Buch: Fast Politics
Print ISBN: 978-981-9951-09-3

Electronic ISBN: 978-981-9951-10-9

Copyright-Jahr: 2023
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-99-5110-9_5