This section gives insight into our research by offering short analyses on selected videos and their poetic and rhetorical strategies.
”They’re in pain but still smiling”
During the violent outbreak of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict in May 2021, pro-Palestinian activists called for global solidarity and protest. For the first time, the video platform TikTok played a major role in the medialization and mobilization of the conflict - with far-reaching consequences for the form and orientation of political participation. [...]