Chinese in a Pandemic: TikTok as a Window Into Chinese People’s Lives During COVID-19
- DOI
- 10.2991/assehr.k.211020.138How to use a DOI?
- Keywords
- TikTok, 19-COVID, social media, thematic analysis
- Abstract
TikTok, a popular short video app in China, played a significant role during the COVID-19 pandemic. Offering a window into people’s daily lives against this traumatic background, TikTok was used as a research site in this study to figure out how Chinese people manifested their experiences and feelings. This study used the hashtag as a methodological tool for data selection and analyzed the videos through a thematic analysis approach. Findings indicate that Chinese people tended to express their emotional needs in TikTok videos and took a positive attitude to handle the negative feelings during the quarantine. Besides, all the videos are prone to manifest a feeling of patriotism. The study stresses the humoristic features of TikTok and the characteristics of the videos crafted according to the ethos and norms of the platform.
- Copyright
- © 2021, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.
- Open Access
- This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).
Cite this article
TY - CONF AU - Siwen Lu PY - 2021 DA - 2021/10/21 TI - Chinese in a Pandemic: TikTok as a Window Into Chinese People’s Lives During COVID-19 BT - Proceedings of the 2021 International Conference on Public Relations and Social Sciences (ICPRSS 2021) PB - Atlantis Press SP - 106 EP - 111 SN - 2352-5398 UR - https://doi.org/10.2991/assehr.k.211020.138 DO - 10.2991/assehr.k.211020.138 ID - Lu2021 ER -