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Hello all! My name is Emma Buker, and I will be using this blog as an exploration of how Americans use TikTok for political purposes, and how the TikTok algorithm in turn impacts how Americans interpret politics. I will be covering different politicians, advocacy groups, and current events, all through the lens of TikTok. 

With social media playing such an important role in the spread of political information, especially around election season, I think it will be interesting to focus on one platform and see how political information is disseminated across the user base. There has also been an upward trend this year with politicians using TikTok to try and secure the votes of Gen Z, so I would like to study the effectiveness of that campaign. 

In general, I think politics on social media have a bad reputation for being misinformation or shallow, but I view social media as a legitimate tool to get a wide range of people involved in politics at any level. 

If you have any tips or stories you'd like me to cover, let me know! 

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