Hashtag /

Losh, Elizabeth M. 1965-

Hashtag / Elizabeth Losh. - xii, 146 pages ; 17 cm. - Object lessons .

Includes bibliographical references (pages 134-141) and index.

Contenidos : #HASHTAG

#OCTOTHORPE

#INVENTOR

#PERSON

#PLACE

#SLOGAN

#BRAND

#ORIGIN

#INTERSECTION

#NOISE

#CHATTER

#FILE

#METADATA

Acknowledgements

Notes

Index

Part of the Object Lessons series, which explores “the hidden life of ordinary things.”

In this book, the object is the hashtag (#) — seemingly trivial but with deep historical, technological, and cultural significance.

Losh argues that the hashtag is more than a decorative social media tool: it is a hybrid invention, combining a typographical symbol (the octothorpe) with words or phrases, giving it communicative power.

The hashtag functions as a real “object”: a technological, linguistic, and cultural artifact shaping how we communicate, form identities, and organize communities both online and offline.

9781501344275

2019010119


Hashtags (Metadata)
Social media.

P302.37 / .L879h 2020

302.23/1