The Asian American comedy : a case study of the Asian American TikTok comedy
(2023) MKVM13 20231Media and Communication Studies
Department of Communication and Media
- Abstract
- Asian Americans are underrepresented in mainstream media and are often absent or portrayed with stereotypical images. These stereotypes and discrimination not only shape how non-Asians view Asian Americans, but also how Asian Americans view themselves and their racial identity. The emergence of social media has changed this situation and helped Asian Americans to speak out. Anyone can publicly express their opinions on social media, providing a platform for Asian Americans who have long been on the social margins and are typically reticent to express themselves. Asian Americans' views of themselves and their own culture may be influenced by the content on social media platforms. Therefore, it is necessary to explore the content on these... (More)
- Asian Americans are underrepresented in mainstream media and are often absent or portrayed with stereotypical images. These stereotypes and discrimination not only shape how non-Asians view Asian Americans, but also how Asian Americans view themselves and their racial identity. The emergence of social media has changed this situation and helped Asian Americans to speak out. Anyone can publicly express their opinions on social media, providing a platform for Asian Americans who have long been on the social margins and are typically reticent to express themselves. Asian Americans' views of themselves and their own culture may be influenced by the content on social media platforms. Therefore, it is necessary to explore the content on these social media platforms. Although there has conducted some research on how Asian Americans use social media to handle identity and representational issues, as well as how they use content creation to construct their identities, further exploration is still needed, especially on humorous content. Therefore, this paper aims to explore how Asian American TikTokers use humor to construct their racial identity and represent themselves through the hashtag #asianamerican. The research found that collective memories of Asian American life and daily experiences of racialization serve as inspiration for comedy creation. Imitation, exaggeration, and satire are the most commonly used comedy techniques in constructing Asian American identities. (Less)
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- author
- Qi, Xuan LU
- supervisor
- organization
- course
- MKVM13 20231
- year
- 2023
- type
- H2 - Master's Degree (Two Years)
- subject
- keywords
- Asian American, TikTok, Identity, Comedy, Collective memory
- language
- English
- id
- 9114476
- date added to LUP
- 2023-06-20 13:38:02
- date last changed
- 2023-06-20 13:38:02
@misc{9114476, abstract = {{Asian Americans are underrepresented in mainstream media and are often absent or portrayed with stereotypical images. These stereotypes and discrimination not only shape how non-Asians view Asian Americans, but also how Asian Americans view themselves and their racial identity. The emergence of social media has changed this situation and helped Asian Americans to speak out. Anyone can publicly express their opinions on social media, providing a platform for Asian Americans who have long been on the social margins and are typically reticent to express themselves. Asian Americans' views of themselves and their own culture may be influenced by the content on social media platforms. Therefore, it is necessary to explore the content on these social media platforms. Although there has conducted some research on how Asian Americans use social media to handle identity and representational issues, as well as how they use content creation to construct their identities, further exploration is still needed, especially on humorous content. Therefore, this paper aims to explore how Asian American TikTokers use humor to construct their racial identity and represent themselves through the hashtag #asianamerican. The research found that collective memories of Asian American life and daily experiences of racialization serve as inspiration for comedy creation. Imitation, exaggeration, and satire are the most commonly used comedy techniques in constructing Asian American identities.}}, author = {{Qi, Xuan}}, language = {{eng}}, note = {{Student Paper}}, title = {{The Asian American comedy : a case study of the Asian American TikTok comedy}}, year = {{2023}}, }