TikTok Project on Christian Walker

Gracie Gilligan 

Accompanying Essay


 

References 

Video 1: Who is Christian Walker? 

Chamlee, V. (2022, December 8). Christian Walker opens up About “rough” childhood with Herschel as dad — And blowing up his Senate campaign. People. https://people.com/politics/christian-walker-opens-up-childhood-with-father-herschel/ 

Keller, E. (2022, July 13). Herschel Walker’s son slams Kehlani, claims she called him “a–hole” at Starbucks. New York Post. https://nypost.com/2022/07/13/herschel-walkers-son-claims-kehlani-called-him-a-hole-at-starbucks/  

Walker, C. [@christianwalk1r] (2022, October 4). I’ve stayed silent for nearly two whole years as my whole life has been lied about publicly [Tweet]. Twitter. https://twitter.com/christianwalk1r/status/1577284445367042049?s=46&t=V8FXYbnpkmi1IpMMxHWtqw 

 

Video 2: Negative Self and Other Presentation 

Pérez, R. (2013). Learning to make racism funny in the “color blind” era: Stand-up comedy students, performance strategies, and the (re)production of racist jokes in public. Discourse and Society, 24(4), 478-503. https://doi.org/10.1177/0957926513482066 

 

Video 3: The Original Content 

Pérez, R. (2013). Learning to make racism funny in the “color blind” era: Stand-up comedy students, performance strategies, and the (re)production of racist jokes in public. Discourse and Society, 24(4), 478-503. https://doi.org/10.1177/0957926513482066 

Sheppee. (2021, July 6). Christian Walker DESTROYS pronouns (IGTV) [Video]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n7M9-tfpZbE 

Walker, C. [@christianwalk1r]. (2021, June 19) Here’s the truth about Juneteenth that no one wants to talk about [Video]. Instagram. https://www.instagram.com/reel/CQUCRwwHcNT/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link 

 

Video 4: The Attention Economy 

Abidin, C. (2021). Mapping internet celebrity on TikTok: Exploring attention economy and visibility labours. Cultural Science Journal, 12(1), 77-103. https://doi.org/10.5334/csci.140​ 

Brown, Y., Pini, B., & Pavlidis, A. (2022). Affective design and memetic qualities: Generating affect and political engagement through bushfire TikToks. Journal of Sociology, 1(17). https://doi.org/10.1177/14407833221110267​ 

Goldhaber, M. (1997, April). The attention economy and the Net. First Monday, 2(4-7). https://doi.org/10.5210/fm.v2i4.519 

 

Video 5: The New Content 

Abidin, C. (2021). Mapping internet celebrity on TikTok: Exploring attention economy and visibility labours. Cultural Science Journal, 12(1), 77-103. https://doi.org/10.5334/csci.140​ 

Brown, Y., Pini, B., & Pavlidis, A. (2022). Affective design and memetic qualities: Generating affect and political engagement through bushfire TikToks. Journal of Sociology, 1(17). https://doi.org/10.1177/14407833221110267​ 

Goldhaber, M. (1997, April). The attention economy and the Net. First Monday, 2(4-7). https://doi.org/10.5210/fm.v2i4.519 

Walker, C. [@officialchristianwalk1r]. (2022, February 17). #stitch with lala_sadii you can’t sit by me. #fyp #foryou [Video]. TikTok. https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZTRwxLP6n/ 

Walker, C. [@officialchristianwalk1r]. (2022, June 1). #fyp #foryou #Pride [Video]. TikTok. https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZTRw93htu/ 

 

Video 6: Content Discrepancies 

Walker, C. [@christianwalk1r]. (2021, June 1) Pride month does not represent me and plenty of other [Video]. Instagram. https://www.instagram.com/p/CeR_bAXvnsw/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y= 

Walker, C. [@christianwalk1r] (2022, July 26). I’M ESCAPING CALIFORNIA AND I’M MOVING TO FLORIDA!!! [Tweet]. Twitter. https://twitter.com/christianwalk1r/status/1552065348576235520?s=46&t=V8FXYbnpkmi1IpMMxHWtqw