Hannah Gold-Apel

Thesis title: 'TikTok's Algorithmic Effects on ADHD Communities of Care

Hannah is a Master's student in Media Studies at Concordia University. She holds a BA in Communications from 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.