Hashtag Publics: The Power and Politics of Discursive Networks

By Nathan Rambukkana

Book Overview

Focusing on hashtags used for topics from Ferguson, Missouri, to Australian politics, from online quilting communities to labour protests, from feminist outrage to drag pop culture, this collection follows hashtag publics as they trend beyond Twitter into other spaces of social networking such as Facebook, Instagram, and Tumblr as well as other media spaces such as television, print, and graffiti.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1433128993
• ISBN13: 9781433128998
• Release Date: September 2015
• Publisher: Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publi
• Length: 293 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 8.9"