A Sociolinguistic Study Of Identity Construction From Lesbian Youth On TikTok

为了针对LGBTQ+青年集体数字参与的兴起，重新设置互动主义方法的背景，该项目调查了群体从属关系如何与身份实践互动，询问自我认同的女同性恋青年共享的社会语言身份实践在多大程度上有助于主动和被动地参与#lesbiantiktok空间的数字参与。本项目采用多学科的方法，通过对女同性恋青年在TikTok这个研究不足的数字空间上基于经验的叙述，考察他们呈现的语言和非语言特征之间的相互作用，从而对多模式话语分析(MDA)进行研究。通过对TikTok平台上可用的短视频内容的仔细分析，采用了多模式转录框架，并在语言分析软件Elan中不断细化以进行数据探索。使用该软件有助于说明检查话语(独白和评论)、图像(视频和静态)、音频(音乐、语音、声音片段)以及用户在其身份构建和呈现中呈现和操纵的内置平台效果(滤镜和视觉效果)所需的不同分析级别。转录参数中记录了详细说明特定平台技术细节的数字日志，例如时间戳、相机角度、照明、背景噪音和用户交互，类似于对其他TikTok用户进行引用或将用户内容插入新提交的内容。通过使用多模式框架和传统的数字日志检查等大量数字资源，该项目通过一系列计算步骤形成，帮助研究人员深入研究TikTok平台的复杂性，并为观察到的社会语言身份建构构建更强大的语境元素。本文探讨了酷儿理论在TikTok分析中的影响等理论考虑，以解释不断变化的平台动态的社会和数字语境，包括其对当前互动主义方法的文化和及时意义。使用与性行为和性别表达相关的有影响力的理论是该项目的关键，因为用户身份和互动的记录借鉴了对社会中存在的异性关系二进制的传统理解，突出了#LesbianTikTok空间如何被独特地定义为与异性关系期望相关的非规范性。考虑到TikTok界面的用户体验、叙事展示和个人从属关系的复杂性，我们邀请了自我认同的女同性恋者接受采访，帮助澄清基于体验的叙事的数据解读，并加强对用户与共享数字空间互动的理解。案例研究的形成符合广泛的多模式转录，并作为免费采访数据的结果，以深入描述用户体验及其与数字界面的交互。最终，通过对社交平台及其用户的多模式分析，该项目通过一系列语言和非语言手段展示了自我认同的女同性恋青年的身份构建，发展了对女同性恋青年体验和数字互动的微妙表现的理解。

With an aim to recontextualise interactionist approaches in relation to the rise in collective digital engagement from LGBTQ+ youth, this project examines how group affiliation interacts with identity practices, asking to what extent the shared sociolinguistic identity practices of self-identified lesbian youth aid the active and passive digital participation with '#lesbiantiktok' spaces. This project takes a multidisciplinary approach to multimodal discourse analysis (MDA) through the examination of the interplay between linguistic and extralinguistic features presented by lesbian youth through their retelling of experience-based narratives on the under-researched digital space, TikTok. Through a close analysis of short-video content available on the TikTok platform, a multimodal transcription framework is employed and continuously refined for data exploration in the language analysis software: ELAN. Utilising this software helps to account for the differing levels of analysis required for examining discourse (monologue and commentary), imagery (video and static), audio (music, speech, sound-bites), and built-in platform effects (filters and visual effects) presented and manipulated by users in their identity construction and presentation. Digital logs that detail platform-specific technicalities such as time stamps, camera angles, lighting, background noise, and user interactions akin to 'quoting' fellow TikTok users or inserting user content into new submissions are documented in the transcription parameters. Through using a multitude of digital resources such as multimodal frameworks and traditional inspections of digital logs, this project is formed through a series of computational steps which help the researcher delve into the complexity of the TikTok platform and build a stronger contextual element to the observed sociolinguistic identity construction.Theoretical considerations such as the influence of Queer Theory within the analysis of TikTok are explored to explain the social and digital context of the everchanging platform dynamics, including its cultural and timely significance to current interactionist approaches. The use of influential theory relating to sexuality and gender expression is key to the project as the documentation of user identity and interaction draws from traditional understandings of heteronormative binaries present in societies, highlighting how '#LesbianTikTok' spaces are uniquely defined as non-normative in relation to heteronormative expectations. To account for the complexity of user experience, narrative display, and personal affiliation to the TikTok interface, self-identified lesbians are invited for interviews, helping to clarify data interpretation of experience-based narratives and strengthen understandings of user interaction with shared digital spaces. Case studies are formed in line with the extensive multimodal transcription and as a result of the complimentary interview data to give in-depth accounts of user experiences and their interactions with the digital interface. Ultimately, through multimodal analyse of the social platform and its users, the project showcases the identity construction of self-identified lesbian youth via an array of linguistic and extralinguistic means, developing an understanding of nuanced performances of lesbian youth experience and digital interaction.