How does Sociology teaching happen on the short video app TikTok? An analysis of the editions

Abstract

Sociology teaching is not only carried out in formal classrooms, it also takes place in many other spaces. In this article, we intend to explore one of the places of informal teaching, which is the social network TikTok. As a way to delimit the phenomenon, we use the concept of liquidity formulated by Zigmund Bauman, which is characterized, in simple terms, as impermanence in relationships. Videos whose theme was Sociology in basic education were collected and these were analysed extensively (in their profile) and intensively (in their editing components). The results showed that it is possible to observe that the teaching of Sociology is punctual and that it is focused on the ENEM. The profile of the videos is of few editing resources in comparison to other videos on the platform. In this way, the teacher, with his performance on the platform, creates a "broth" in the Baumanian liquidity by referring to the content of longer duration in time (such as video classes or books).