This week, the MennoBrarians discuss Mennonite and Amish representations on social media, with a particular focus on Amish TikTok. With us to discuss her research and interest in Amish TikTok is Dr. Melanie Springer-Mock, Professor of English at George Fox University. We chat about personal social media habits, authenticity, connections to reality television and lots more. Follow Melanie on Twitter: https://twitter.com/SpringerMockPre-order her book, Finding Our Way Forward from Herald PressAnd, you can now find Just Plain Wrong on TikTok! We haven’t figured out how to use it yet, but you can follow us at https://www.tiktok.com/@plainwrongpod We played the audio from three TikToks during the episode:1, Why Don’t Amish Have Full Beards from user Amish_OG2, Things you need in a Mennonite House part 2 from user Sarah the Mennonite3, Getting Shunned from user Eddie Swartzentruber_1996We always love hearing from listeners! You can reach us at plainwrongpod at gmail.com, or on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook. If you want to help support the podcast financially, please consider joining our Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/plainwrongpod or buying merch at TeePublic Follow us: Twitter: https://twitter.com/plainwrongpod Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/plainwrongpod/ Website: http://plainwrongpod.com/ “Just Plain Wrong” is produced, written and edited by Erin Milanese, Abby Nafziger and Matilda Yoder. Our intro music is played by Erin, and the outro by Miriam Augsburger. Both are "arrangements" of the Doxology from the Mennonite Hymnal. Logo design by Ida Yoder Short. Canva design (used for Social Media posts in Season 4 -6) by Abigail Adams.

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