Katrin Tiidenberg

Katrin Tiidenberg (born 26 July 1980) is an Estonian sociologist and internet researcher who is Professor of Participatory Culture at the Baltic Film, Media and Arts School, Tallinn University. Her research examines how people create meaning and relationships through everyday social media practices, including networked visuality and platformed intimacy. Sex and Social Media (with Emily van der Nagel; Emerald, 2020), and Tumblr (with Natalie Ann Hendry and Crystal Abidin; Polity, 2021).

Education and career Tiidenberg received her PhD in sociology from Tallinn University in 2015; her dissertation analysed selfie practices and their role in identity and significant relationships.

She has also held international research appointments and was a Fellow of the Durham University Institute of Advanced Study (IAS) in 2022/23.

Public engagement Tiidenberg has written and spoken publicly about social media, digital culture, and science communication, including in Estonian media and cultural outlets.

Awards and honours 2022 – Awarded (with the Estonian Young Academy of Sciences) a prize in the Estonian national science popularisation awards (audio-visual and electronic media category). 2022 – Sirp laureate (one of the newspaper's selected annual laureates).

Selected works Books Tiidenberg, Katrin. Ihu ja hingega internetis: kuidas mõista sotsiaalmeediat? Tallinn: Tallinn University Press, 2017. Tiidenberg, Katrin. Selfies: Why We Love (and Hate) Them. Bingley: Emerald Publishing, 2018.

Reception Selfies: Why We Love (and Hate) Them reviewed in European Journal of Media Studies (book review). Selfies: Why We Love (and Hate) Them and Ihu ja hingega internetis reviewed in Baltic Screen Media Review (book review). Tumblr reviewed in Journal of Broadcasting & Electronic Media (book review).