Mercy Mutale Mukuka

Tiktok Trends and the Manufacture of Youth Self-Image: Algorithmic Culture, Identity Performance, and Adolescent Well-Being

TikTok has become an influential environment for adolescent socialization, identity exploration, cultural participation, and self-presentation. Rather than functioning simply as a channel through which pre-existing youth culture is expressed, the platform's recommendation architecture, imitation-oriented affordances, v...