Justice for @birdy: Queer counterpublics on Chinese TikTok (Douyin)
Published online on February 12, 2026
Abstract
New Media & Society, Ahead of Print.
This study investigates the queer counterpublics on Douyin that call for social justice on LGBTQ rights. By revealing Douyin’s affective affordances to produce queer counterpublics through censorship, we propose a framework that explains how queer ...
This study investigates the queer counterpublics on Douyin that call for social justice on LGBTQ rights. By revealing Douyin’s affective affordances to produce queer counterpublics through censorship, we propose a framework that explains how queer ...