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http://hdl.handle.net/1893/38111| Appears in Collections: | Communications, Media and Culture Journal Articles |
| Peer Review Status: | Refereed |
| Title: | "I'm in the House Bored": TikTok's Sonic Mediation of Boredom and Class in the Pandemic Home |
| Author(s): | Avdeeff, Melissa |
| Contact Email: | melissa.avdeeff@stir.ac.uk |
| Keywords: | TikTok domesticity boredom wealth Critical Technocultural Discourse Analysis |
| Issue Date: | 4-Feb-2026 |
| Date Deposited: | 17-Feb-2026 |
| Citation: | Avdeeff M (2026) "I'm in the House Bored": TikTok's Sonic Mediation of Boredom and Class in the Pandemic Home. <i>Popular Music and Society</i>. https://doi.org/10.1080/03007766.2026.2623737 |
| Abstract: | This article explores the #Boredinthehouse TikTok trend as sonic and visual mediation of domestic boredom during COVID-19 lockdowns. Employing Critical Technocultural Discourse Analysis, it examines how the viral sound facilitated collective expressions of boredom while exposing socioeconomic disparities through performative depictions of domestic life. Analyzing more than 4000 TikTok comments, this research focuses on how features like pools and mansions became symbols of class visibility. The findings highlight how TikTok’s music ecologies and platform conventions shaped affective responses, framing boredom as a digitally mediated critique of privilege, productivity, and domestic normality. |
| DOI Link: | 10.1080/03007766.2026.2623737 |
| Rights: | © 2026 The Author(s). Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. The terms on which this article has been published allow the posting of the Accepted Manuscript in a repository by the author(s) or with their consent. |
| Licence URL(s): | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ |
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