musical.ly and Microcelebrity Among Girls

Burcu Şimşek; Crystal Abidin; Megan Lindsay Brown

doi:10.1108/978-1-78756-749-820181004

musical.ly and Microcelebrity Among Girls

Burcu Şimşek, Crystal Abidin, Megan Lindsay Brown

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Abstract

This chapter investigates the dynamics of teenage girls' musical.ly productions in relation to microcelebrity inspirations and (non)aspirations, and centrally details the mixed methodologies involved in the research process. The analysis focuses on the flow of the musical.ly app as evidenced through the walk-through method and young girls' engagements with the platform as solicited through personal observations and two small focus group discussions.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	Microcelebrity Around the Globe
Subtitle of host publication	Approaches to Cultures of Internet Fame
Publisher	Emerald Group Publishing Ltd.
Pages	47-56
Number of pages	10
ISBN (Electronic)	9781787567498
ISBN (Print)	9781787567504
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1108/978-1-78756-749-820181004
State	Published - Nov 19 2018

Keywords

Girls
Microcelebrity
Musical.ly
Walk-through method

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Social Sciences(all)
Computer Science(all)

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