Edited by : Jorge Vázquez-Herrero, María-Cruz Negreira-Rey, and Ana-Isabel Rodríguez-Vázquez

'TikTok Journalism' offers an international perspective on news, media, and journalists in the age of platforms and short-form video

The book 'TikTok Journalism: News, Media, and Journalists in the Short Video Era' has recently been published by Peter Lang. This collective work compiles international research and perspectives on the evolution and challenges of news and journalism on TikTok.

TikTok has become an increasingly central platform in the contemporary media landscape, transforming how news is produced, distributed, and consumed. As media platformization advances, news organizations and journalists are adapting to an environment shaped by algorithmic recommendations, virality, platform affordances, emerging formats, trends, and new forms of audience engagement.

The volume includes 31 chapters authored by 58 scholars from 15 countries, and is organized into five thematic sections: understanding and researching TikTok journalism; news media outlets; journalists; audiences and the public sphere; and information disorders and fact-checking. The book features a foreword by Claudia Mellado, professor and researcher at the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso.

This book is the first in our field to capture TikTok's profound influence on journalism worldwide. With a globally diverse ensemble of authors and case studies, TikTok Journalism sets the agenda for understanding how news is being reshaped by short video, algorithmic culture, and platform logics -and why that matters for the future of media and public life.

Seth C. Lewis – University of Virginia

TikTok Journalism is a timely and comprehensive volume that examines how journalism is evolving on a hugely popular short-form video platform. By bringing together diverse perspectives and contexts, the book offers a space for a much-needed reflection on what journalism is, what it should be, and what it could become.

Edson C. Tandoc Jr. – Nanyang Technological University Singapore

The book is edited by Jorge Vázquez-Herrero, María-Cruz Negreira-Rey, and Ana-Isabel Rodríguez-Vázquez, with the support of the Novos Medios research group (Universidade de Santiago de Compostela). 'TikTok Journalism' is now available through Peter Lang's website and other platforms, and it will become open access within one year.