Kaushar Mahetaji
Biographic Data
| ID | 6472408 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Kaushar Mahetaji |
| GIVEN NAMES | Kaushar |
| FAMILY NAME | Mahetaji |
| SIGNATURE | MAHETAJI K |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Toronto |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-4493-4764 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 2 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 4 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Where My Ai Apps At? A Historiographic Approach to Analyzing Platform Tools
The popular short-form video app TikTok is mainly discussed as a discrete app or in relation to its parent company ByteDance. This view neglects how TikTok and other ByteDance apps maintain and advance ByteDance’s highly complex app ecosystem. This paper, therefore, positions ByteDance-owned apps as both apps and “platform tools.” TikTok allows end-users to watch videos, allows creators to make and distribute content, advertisers to endorse produ…
TikTok’s tools: The politics of platform tools for cultural production
The Politics and Evolution of Tiktok as Platform Tool
A fast-growing international success, ByteDance’s short video platform TikTok is a relevant case study to examine how digital platforms expand infrastructurally and accumulate power. TikTok has achieved popularity comparable to major players, including Facebook, Instagram, and Snapchat. It now grapples with balancing the diverse interests of its different user groups, chief among which content creators. We interrogate how TikTok manages this chal…
Christie, Nils, If Schools Didn’t Exist: A Study in the Sociology of Schools
Book Review
Christie, Nils, If Schools Didn’t Exist: A Study in the Sociology of Schools
Book Review
The Politics and Evolution of Tiktok as Platform Tool
A fast-growing international success, ByteDance’s short video platform TikTok is a relevant case study to examine how digital platforms expand infrastructurally and accumulate power. TikTok has achieved popularity comparable to major players, including Facebook, Instagram, and Snapchat. It now grapples with balancing the diverse interests of its different user groups, chief among which content creators. We interrogate how TikTok manages this chal…
Where My Ai Apps At? A Historiographic Approach to Analyzing Platform Tools
The popular short-form video app TikTok is mainly discussed as a discrete app or in relation to its parent company ByteDance. This view neglects how TikTok and other ByteDance apps maintain and advance ByteDance’s highly complex app ecosystem. This paper, therefore, positions ByteDance-owned apps as both apps and “platform tools.” TikTok allows end-users to watch videos, allows creators to make and distribute content, advertisers to endorse produ…
TikTok’s tools: The politics of platform tools for cultural production
Digital Games and Media (2 works) · Digital Media and Philosophy (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Political science (2 works) · Politics (2 works) · Biology (1 works) · Business (1 works) · Computer Science (1 works) · Criminology (1 works) · Cultural Industries and Urban Development (1 works)