The keyword flow can be applied to media in today’s society. Flow can be defined as the constant stream of media to keep users engaged and constantly active on a site or app. Different apps and platforms have different ways to keep users engaged which creates profit for that platform. TikTok does it by having a constant and never ending stream of videos on the for-you-page. This makes it hard for people to stop scrolling and therefore users are almost tricked because they feel like they are simply watching short fifteen second videos, but in reality they have spent the past hour watching hundreds of these videos. As we discussed in class on Tuesday, flow can be seen in a multitude of ways such as texts, gifs, and ads. All these aspects of flow can either come in or out from the user. Ads are an example something that comes in because we process them almost unknowingly and often times get sucked into them. In general flow is the continuation of media that can be seen in all sorts of media forms from television shows to Instagram to TikTok.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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