At the Guardian she tagged five "titles that explore how we consume, share, and manipulate information on social media platforms." One book on the list:
TikTok Boom by Chris Stokel-WalkerRead about another entry on the list.
TikTok is arguably one of the most significant advancements in social media in the past two decades. This book by journalist and writer Chris Stokel-Walker explores how the app is changing the way users interact with content. It moves away from the social-commentary style of the other books mentioned here, instead using business and technology analysis as a means to describe wider socio-political repercussions of the app. Stokel-Walker bridges the gap between the digital and the physical, showing the feedback loop that exists between what happens online on platforms such as TikTok and the real world.
--Marshal Zeringue
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