Analysis of The Use of TikTok Application as a Medium of Learning Chinese Culture and History——Case Studies on @Chinese_server Account

Abstract

The outbreak of COVID-19 (Corona Virus Disease 2019) has conquered various countries all over the world. This condition has penetrated the world of education. Since then, all teaching and learning ac-tivities in Indonesia which were originally done ofine are now being conducted online. Therefore, they are now using an e-learning system as an educational support, as well as social media. Social media can make it easier for educators to convey information to students, encourage students to explore more about the learn-ing materials during their learning process and allow students to have close relationships with educators and other students. Seeing the development of learning media today, learning media in the digital era must be harmonized with technological developments. Learning media must be interesting and close to students. The widespread use of social media application such as TikTok among the public, especially teenagers, has made this application a very popular social media lately. Educational content is one of the most popular contents, it's no wonder that many people, especially educators, use TikTok as a learning medium. TikTok as an inter-active learning media is expected to help students understand and accept the learning process carried out by educators. Through TikTok, educators can easily create interactive learning, so that it can be adapted to the environment, situation, and condition of students. Not only a few TikTok users take advantage of this plat-form, one of which is the owner of @Chinese_ server account -- a content creator who is involved in teaching Chinese culture and history on his TikTok account.This makes the author wants to know more about the use of the TikTok application as a medium for learning Chinese culture and history by @Chinese_server account. The research method that the author uses is qualitative with a case study approach. The author will conduct interviews by asking questions to the informant to provide answers to these questions.