Algorithmic folk theories in Dutch journalism for news production on TikTok

This book offers a pioneering contribution to the scholarly exploration of journalism on TikTok, a social media platform that has become increasingly central to the contemporary media landscape. As media platformization advances, news outlets and journalists have entered a space defined by algorithmic recommendation and virality, adapting to its logic, affordances, formats, trends, and audiences. This volume features 31 chapters structured into five sections: Understanding and researching TikTok journalism; News media outlets; Journalists; Audience and public sphere; and Information disorders and fact-checking. Bringing together contributions from 58 scholars across 15 countries, the book provides a critical and timely overview of the ongoing transformations of TikTok journalism.