Annika Pinch
Biographic Data
| ID | 4266472 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Annika Pinch |
| GIVEN NAMES | Annika |
| FAMILY NAME | Pinch |
| SIGNATURE | PINCH A |
| AFFILIATIONS | Northwestern University |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-9628-3428 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 10 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 43 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 10 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
"It feels incongruent to talk about reducing shame when I have to spell 's-e-g-g-s' on TikTok": Navigating Platform Moderation as Sex Education Creators on Social Media
Sex education in the U.S. remains a contested issue, with no federal mandate and varying state policies, often restricting content related to LGBTQ+ and marginalized communities. People increasingly turn to social media platforms like TikTok for sexual education. However, platform moderation—shaped in part by laws like FOSTA-SESTA—imposes severe restrictions on sex education content, limiting its accessibility and undermining creators’ work. This…
‘The behind-the-scenes we were never supposed to see’: Resisting, reframing, and reinforcing incarceration stigmas on Prison TikTok
In the United States, individuals who are incarcerated are often rendered invisible to the broader public, isolated within the confines of prison walls. Social media, however, has become a way for these individuals to gain visibility, challenge stigmas, and create new avenues for power and resistance. Through a qualitative analysis of videos created inside prisons, audience interactions with these videos, and interviews with formerly incarcerated…
Knowledge and Expertise in the Digital Age: How People Engage With Sex Advice on TikTok
The proliferation of sexual discourses in the digital age, accompanied by ongoing media panics over the perceived adverse effects of online sexual content, reflects persistent societal tensions about technology’s role in shaping sexual norms. While previous research has examined the spread of sexual advice on social media, there is limited understanding of how users engage with and reshape this advice. This study addresses this gap by analyzing h…
Cultures of Sex Advice: Examining Tiktok Communities Around Sexual Health in the Us
This study investigates how sexuality experts communicate sexual advice on online platforms and how audiences interact with and perceive these experts. Through a comprehensive analysis of the dynamics inherent in this communication process, we seek to gain insights into the evolving landscape of sexual advice and health in the digital age. Furthermore, our objective is to address a notable gap in this body of literature by incorporating how audie…
Is it time for me to be authentic: Understanding, performing, and evaluating authenticity on BeReal
On social media, people often value authenticity and realness, yet the ways in which platforms promote authenticity may conflict with people’s goals to present an idealized self. Launched in 2020, the social media app BeReal encourages authenticity by prompting users to post unfiltered front and back camera photos at a particular time, thereby limiting control over their online self-presentation. We interviewed 25 BeReal users, exploring how they…
Queerness and Mental Health in India: An Intersectional Approach to Sensitive Social Media Disclosures
Despite the growing body of research on people disclosing sensitive details about their identities or experiences online, few studies have focused on how individuals with intersecting stigmas manage these disclosures. Those facing multiple, overlapping sources of discrimination may encounter compounded challenges, which can complicate their assessment of the perceived benefits and risks of disclosure. This study seeks to understand disclosure amo…
Navigating the Ecosystem of Big Data and Algorithms After Incarceration
Formerly incarcerated people, who I will hereafter refer to as “returning citizens”, struggle when reentering society as their criminal record follows them around. In the age of big data and algorithms, finding information about someone’s criminal past is often as simple as typing their name into a google search. Yet there has been little focus on understanding the consequences of big data and algorithmic decisions for everyday people, and how th…
Someone Else Is Behind The Screen: Visibility, Privacy, and Trust on Geosocial Networking Apps in India
Queer people increasingly use geosocial networking apps (GSNAs), such as Grindr and Blued, to find connections. These apps play a particularly important role in countries such as India, where being visibly queer can carry social stigma, and same-sex intercourse was criminalized until 2018. A key challenge on these apps is self-disclosing enough information to appear authentic and build trust with other users, without drawing unwanted attention, s…
Combating sharenting: Interventions to alter parents’ attitudes toward posting about their children online
The Nested Precarities of Creative Labor on Social Media
While metrics have long played an important, albeit fraught, role in the media and cultural industries, quantified indices of online visibility-likes, favorites, subscribers, and shares-have been indelibly cast as routes to professional success and status in the digital creative economy. Against this backdrop, this study sought to examine how creative laborers' pursuit of social media visibility impacts their processes and products. Drawing upon …
The Nested Precarities of Creative Labor on Social Media
While metrics have long played an important, albeit fraught, role in the media and cultural industries, quantified indices of online visibility-likes, favorites, subscribers, and shares-have been indelibly cast as routes to professional success and status in the digital creative economy. Against this backdrop, this study sought to examine how creative laborers' pursuit of social media visibility impacts their processes and products. Drawing upon …
Someone Else Is Behind The Screen: Visibility, Privacy, and Trust on Geosocial Networking Apps in India
Queer people increasingly use geosocial networking apps (GSNAs), such as Grindr and Blued, to find connections. These apps play a particularly important role in countries such as India, where being visibly queer can carry social stigma, and same-sex intercourse was criminalized until 2018. A key challenge on these apps is self-disclosing enough information to appear authentic and build trust with other users, without drawing unwanted attention, s…
Is it time for me to be authentic: Understanding, performing, and evaluating authenticity on BeReal
On social media, people often value authenticity and realness, yet the ways in which platforms promote authenticity may conflict with people’s goals to present an idealized self. Launched in 2020, the social media app BeReal encourages authenticity by prompting users to post unfiltered front and back camera photos at a particular time, thereby limiting control over their online self-presentation. We interviewed 25 BeReal users, exploring how they…
Queerness and Mental Health in India: An Intersectional Approach to Sensitive Social Media Disclosures
Despite the growing body of research on people disclosing sensitive details about their identities or experiences online, few studies have focused on how individuals with intersecting stigmas manage these disclosures. Those facing multiple, overlapping sources of discrimination may encounter compounded challenges, which can complicate their assessment of the perceived benefits and risks of disclosure. This study seeks to understand disclosure amo…
Combating sharenting: Interventions to alter parents’ attitudes toward posting about their children online
The Nested Precarities of Creative Labor on Social Media
While metrics have long played an important, albeit fraught, role in the media and cultural industries, quantified indices of online visibility-likes, favorites, subscribers, and shares-have been indelibly cast as routes to professional success and status in the digital creative economy. Against this backdrop, this study sought to examine how creative laborers' pursuit of social media visibility impacts their processes and products. Drawing upon …
Someone Else Is Behind The Screen: Visibility, Privacy, and Trust on Geosocial Networking Apps in India
Queer people increasingly use geosocial networking apps (GSNAs), such as Grindr and Blued, to find connections. These apps play a particularly important role in countries such as India, where being visibly queer can carry social stigma, and same-sex intercourse was criminalized until 2018. A key challenge on these apps is self-disclosing enough information to appear authentic and build trust with other users, without drawing unwanted attention, s…
Navigating the Ecosystem of Big Data and Algorithms After Incarceration
Formerly incarcerated people, who I will hereafter refer to as “returning citizens”, struggle when reentering society as their criminal record follows them around. In the age of big data and algorithms, finding information about someone’s criminal past is often as simple as typing their name into a google search. Yet there has been little focus on understanding the consequences of big data and algorithmic decisions for everyday people, and how th…
Is it time for me to be authentic: Understanding, performing, and evaluating authenticity on BeReal
On social media, people often value authenticity and realness, yet the ways in which platforms promote authenticity may conflict with people’s goals to present an idealized self. Launched in 2020, the social media app BeReal encourages authenticity by prompting users to post unfiltered front and back camera photos at a particular time, thereby limiting control over their online self-presentation. We interviewed 25 BeReal users, exploring how they…
Queerness and Mental Health in India: An Intersectional Approach to Sensitive Social Media Disclosures
Despite the growing body of research on people disclosing sensitive details about their identities or experiences online, few studies have focused on how individuals with intersecting stigmas manage these disclosures. Those facing multiple, overlapping sources of discrimination may encounter compounded challenges, which can complicate their assessment of the perceived benefits and risks of disclosure. This study seeks to understand disclosure amo…
Cultures of Sex Advice: Examining Tiktok Communities Around Sexual Health in the Us
This study investigates how sexuality experts communicate sexual advice on online platforms and how audiences interact with and perceive these experts. Through a comprehensive analysis of the dynamics inherent in this communication process, we seek to gain insights into the evolving landscape of sexual advice and health in the digital age. Furthermore, our objective is to address a notable gap in this body of literature by incorporating how audie…
"It feels incongruent to talk about reducing shame when I have to spell 's-e-g-g-s' on TikTok": Navigating Platform Moderation as Sex Education Creators on Social Media
Sex education in the U.S. remains a contested issue, with no federal mandate and varying state policies, often restricting content related to LGBTQ+ and marginalized communities. People increasingly turn to social media platforms like TikTok for sexual education. However, platform moderation—shaped in part by laws like FOSTA-SESTA—imposes severe restrictions on sex education content, limiting its accessibility and undermining creators’ work. This…
‘The behind-the-scenes we were never supposed to see’: Resisting, reframing, and reinforcing incarceration stigmas on Prison TikTok
In the United States, individuals who are incarcerated are often rendered invisible to the broader public, isolated within the confines of prison walls. Social media, however, has become a way for these individuals to gain visibility, challenge stigmas, and create new avenues for power and resistance. Through a qualitative analysis of videos created inside prisons, audience interactions with these videos, and interviews with formerly incarcerated…
Knowledge and Expertise in the Digital Age: How People Engage With Sex Advice on TikTok
The proliferation of sexual discourses in the digital age, accompanied by ongoing media panics over the perceived adverse effects of online sexual content, reflects persistent societal tensions about technology’s role in shaping sexual norms. While previous research has examined the spread of sexual advice on social media, there is limited understanding of how users engage with and reshape this advice. This study addresses this gap by analyzing h…
Social media (7 works) · Computer Science (5 works) · Gender, Feminism, and Media (5 works) · Psychology (5 works) · Internet privacy (4 works) · Political science (4 works) · Sexuality, Behavior, and Technology (4 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Gender Studies (3 works) · Public relations (3 works)