Abstract
This project uses critical discourse analysis to study how neuroqueerness is being represented and communicated over TikTok. I am specifically interested in how the hashtag, #neuroqueer, is currently being deployed on TikTok, whether these online discourses can inform our understanding of the broader structure of neuroqueer identities, and the role of technology in creating a space for these discourses to be digitally mediated. Which cultural codes, narratives, and rhetoric are being expressed in these #neuroqueer TikTok videos, and how are they making themselves known discursively? Are #neuroqueer TikTok videos being used as a form of identity expression or advocacy, or are there other social motivations at hand? Studying #neuroqueer videos on TikTok through an intersectional lens will clarify the ways people with multiple marginalized, subcultural identities are using social media and how these online discourses bear on our sociological understanding of queerness, disability, and technology.
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Presentation Type
Paper Presentation in a Themed Session
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KEYWORDS
Identity, Culture, Gender/Sexuality, Disability, Social Media, Technology
