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Not Just Dance Moves: TikTok, Snapchat and other teen faves are essential spaces for social connection and self expression

May 21, 2020

TikTok isn’t only useful for practical health information—although doctors and nurses have been showing off some killer moves over the past few weeks, and reaching teenagers who might otherwise be missed by the UK government’s lacking communication strategy. It is also providing a sense of community, something that is more and more important as the possibility of lockdown looms longer, and digital spaces shift from being a secondary aspect of our social lives, to being a an essential space for maintaining social connections. For teenagers, this is particularly important.

Read more: https://www.media-diversity.org/not-just-dance-moves-tiktok-snapchat-and-other-teen-faves-are-essential-spaces-for-social-connection-and-self-expression/?fbclid=IwAR3MEiWXLHu2n8Lyj19EFtaD65cD9_PM5Yy9_6INr0rT8Y71Vp88ayYKGp0

Filed Under: *APPROACHES, *AREAS, *COVID MESSAGES & ISSUES, *DIGITAL ROUTES, *REGION: Global, *STRATEGY & METHODS, Article, Awareness Raising, COVID-19, Digital Engagement, Friend Groups, ICT4D (Information Communication Technologies for Development), Social Media, Social Mobilisation, Tik Tok, Youth / Adolescent

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