Hannah Gold-Apel

Thesis title: "How does TikTok Know I Have ADHD?": Examining Algorithmically Mediated Identity and ADHD Publics

Hannah is a Media Studies program graduate, who also completed her BA in Communications at Concordia. Her research interests constellate around platform studies, youth cultural studies, and representations of mental illness. She is specifically interested in questions of mental health communities that form on TikTok and Tumblr and their impact on youth identity formation. Hannah's research is shaped by her background in youth work and visual cultural production.