Publications - Andreas Schellewald

📄 Peer-reviewed articles

  1. Schellewald, A., Stein, K., Siles, I., Firth, E., Maddox, J. (2026). This program was brought to you by the algorithm: rethinking television via TikTok. Convergence: The International Journal of Research into New Media Technologies. https://doi.org/10.1177/13548565261433139 [PDF]
  2. Su, C., Schellewald, A., & Yoon, J. (2025). Data practices and privacy in gaming: A consolidated cross‐platform analysis of publishing platforms, online multiplayer games and community sites. Policy & Internet, 17(4), 1–13. https://doi.org/10.1002/poi3.70023 [PDF]
  3. Schellewald, A. (2025). Changing modes of public connection: An essay on TikTok and the social affordances of personalized social media. Frontiers in Computer Science, 7: Special Issue “From Memes to Movements: How Affordances Shape Resistance and Collective Action on TikTok”. https://doi.org/10.3389/fcomp.2025.1655767 [PDF]
  4. Schellewald, A. (2025). Putting trust to the test: Making sense of human–machine interactions on TikTok. Social Media + Society, 11(3). https://doi.org/10.1177/20563051251370905 [PDF]
  5. Schellewald, A. (2024). Discussing the role of TikTok sharing practices in everyday social life. International Journal of Communication, 18, 909–926. https://ijoc.org/index.php/ijoc/article/view/20993/4476 [PDF]
  6. Schellewald, A. (2023). Understanding the popularity and affordances of TikTok through user experiences. Media, Culture & Society, 45(8), 1568–1582. https://doi.org/10.1177/01634437221144562 [PDF]
  7. Schellewald, A. (2022). Theorizing “stories about algorithms” as a mechanism in the formation and maintenance of algorithmic imaginaries. Social Media + Society, 8(1), 1–10. https://doi.org/10.1177/20563051221077025 [PDF]
  8. Schellewald, A. (2021). Communicative forms on TikTok: Perspectives from digital ethnography. International Journal of Communication, 15, 1437–1457. https://ijoc.org/index.php/ijoc/article/view/16414 [PDF]
  9. Schellewald, A. (2018). Desperately trying to mediate immediacy: A discussion of lived experiences in the digital and mediated context of esports. Press Start, 4(2), 1–17. https://press-start.gla.ac.uk/index.php/press-start/article/view/82 [PDF]

📖 Book chapters

  1. Schellewald, A. (forthcoming). Exploring the cozy comforts of personalised social media apps: the case of TikTok. In B. Bódi & A. Waszkiewicz (Eds.) Cozy Media: The Aesthetics, Politics, and Affects of Comfort. Bloomsbury.
  2. Schellewald, A. (2025). Exploring algorithms and personalized social media through TikTok. In H. Friese, M. Nolden, & M. Schreiter (Eds.), Handbuch Soziale Praktiken und Digitale Alltagswelten (pp. 1–8). Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-08460-8_90-1

📑 Conference proceedings, reviews, and other

  1. Schellewald, A. and Su, C. (2026). Outlines of the gamer data subject position and its implications for trust. AoIR Selected Papers of Internet Research. https://doi.org/10.5210/spir.v2024i0.15314 [PDF]
  2. Schellewald, A. (2024). TikTok and everyday life: making sense of the meanings and politics of scrolling. Doctoral thesis. Goldsmiths, University of London. https://research.gold.ac.uk/id/eprint/37490/ [PDF]
  3. Schellewald, A. (2024). Book Review: Douyin, TikTok and China’s Online Screen Industry by Su Chunmeizi. Emerging Media, 2(1), 155–160. https://doi.org/10.1177/27523543241238322 [PDF]
  4. Schellewald, A. (2021). On getting carried away by the TikTok algorithm. AoIR Selected Papers of Internet Research. https://doi.org/10.5210/spir.v2021i0.12039 [PDF]
  5. Schellewald, A. (2020). How to approach the coupling of objective appearances and subjective purposes. In S. Broadhurst, E. Papadaki, D. Ploeger, & M. N. Goddard et al (Eds.), Radical immersions: Navigating between virtual/physical environments and information bubbles - DRHA 2019 Conference Proceedings (pp. 32–37). University of London / DRHA. https://gala.gre.ac.uk/id/eprint/31046/ [PDF]