Spanish historical memory coverage on TikTok: profiles, content and messages

Abstract

The evolution of the Internet and the platforms that emerge from it, as well as the deployment of mobile technologies, has enhanced the prosumer character of users. Nowadays, social networks are spaces where a topic is not only addressed but also debated by people who do not always have the criteria or elements to deal with them as they should, or who lack access to the best sources for such purposes. TikTok emerges as a new social space where ephemeral and visually-charged content prevails. Through a content analysis, this study sought to highlight how Spanish Historical Memory is addressed on this platform. The results reveal a historical and objective coverage of the data in most of the occasions, the intervention of influencers around historical and social issues, and a clear and majority polarisation regarding the sides and actors of the corresponding historical periods.