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The Transformation and Consequences of News on TikTok
TACTik Workshop 2026
Themes: TikTok news analysis, platform journalism,
handling complex social media data
Time: April 16, 09:30 – 16:30
Venue: University of Gothenburg, Department of Applied Information Technology
Room: Torg Orange, Patricia, Lindholmen, and Zoom: TBA
In this workshop, the team from the TACTik project will present the project’s vision and ongoing developments. The session will also bring together experts in online journalism, social media studies, and journalistic institutions to discuss the key issues and challenges involved in researching platform journalism and working with complex social-media data.
Program
9:30 - 9:40 Welcome
9:40 - 10:20 TACTik project - Katja Schupp, Chiao-I Tseng, Beate Schirrmacher and Kristoffer Holt
10:20 - 10:50 Michael Karlsson, Karlstads University
11:00 - 11:30 Andreas Widholm, Stockholm University
11:30 - 12:00 TBA
Lunch 12:00 - 13:00
13:00 - 13:30 TBA
13:30 - 14:00 Thomas Hillman, University of Gothenburg
14:10 - 14:40 TBA
14:40 - 15:10 John Bateman, University of Bremen
Fika 15:10 - 15:45
15:45 - 16:30 Final discussion with perspectives from Funk / Fojo / Media and Democracy
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