Exploring TikTok as a promising platform for geoscience communication

Zawacki, Emily E.; Bohon, Wendy; Johnson, Scott; Charlevoix, Donna J.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/gc-5-363-2022

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https://doi.org/10.5194/gc-5-363-2022

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Exploring TikTok as a promising platform for geoscience communication

Emily E. Zawacki, Wendy Bohon, Scott Johnson, and Donna J. Charlevoix

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TikTokData.xlsx Emily Zawacki https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.20069333

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Exploring TikTok as a promising platform for geoscience communication Emily Zawacki, Wendy Bohon, Scott Johnson, and Donna Charlevoix https://doi.org/10.5446/59761

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To determine the best strategies for geoscience communication on TikTok, we created a TikTok account called Terra Explore. We produced 48 educational geoscience videos and evaluated each video’s performance. Our most-viewed videos received nearly all of their views from TikTok’s algorithmic recommendation feed, and the videos that received the most views were related to a recent newsworthy event (e.g., earthquake) or explained the geology of a recognizable area.