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.