Australian Experiences of Algorithmic Culture on TikTok

这个项目是第一个系统地研究算法内容推荐如何随着时间的推移塑造澳大利亚日常文化体验的项目，特别是在tiktok这个澳大利亚人上网时间最长的数字平台的背景下。该项目为支持政府正在进行的旨在规范数字平台活动的政策举措提供了关键证据。它的方法创新直接解决了研究商业平台推荐系统的挑战，通过混合方法的研究设计，结合计算和定性分析，连接普遍和个人的观点，并将“公民科学”的方法引入平台研究领域。

This project is the first to systematically investigate how algorithmic content recommendation is shaping everyday Australian cultural experience over time, in the particular context of TikTok—the digital platform where Australians spend the most time online. The project provides critical evidence to support the government's ongoing policy initiatives intended to regulate the activities of digital platforms. Its methodological innovations directly address the challenges of studying commercial platforms' recommender systems through a mixed-method research design combining computational and qualitative analysis, bridging universal and individual perspectives and introducing ‘citizen science’ approaches to the field of platform studies.