This collection investigates the publics of the hashtag. Taking cues from critical public sphere theory, contributors are interested in publics that break beyond the mainstream – in other publics. They are interested in the kinds of publics that do politics in a way that is rough and emergent, flawed and messy, and ones in which new forms of collective power are being forged on the fly and in the shadow of loftier mainstream spheres. Hashtags are deictic, indexical – yet what they point to is themselves, their own dual role in ongoing discourse. 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.
| ISBN: | 9781433128998 |
| Publication date: | 23rd September 2015 |
| Author: | Steve Jones |
| Publisher: | Peter Lang Publishing Inc |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 293 pages |
| Series: | Digital Formations |
| Genres: |
Speaking in public: advice and guides Communication studies Social mobility Politics and government Electronics and communications engineering Digital and information technologies: social and ethical aspects Personal organization software and apps Internet guides and online services Computer networking and communications Educational: Social sciences, social studies |
This collection investigates the publics of the hashtag. Taking cues from critical public sphere theory, contributors are interested in publics that break beyond the mainstream – in other publics. They are interested in the kinds of publics that do politics in a way that is rough and emergent, flawed and messy, and ones in which new forms of collective power are being forged on the fly and in the shadow of loftier mainstream spheres. Hashtags are deictic, indexical – yet what they point to is themselves, their own dual role in ongoing discourse. 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.
Hashtag Publics features in the following genres: Speaking in public: advice and guides, Communication studies, Social mobility, Politics and government, Electronics and communications engineering, Digital and information technologies: social and ethical aspects, Personal organization software and apps, Internet guides and online services, Computer networking and communications, Educational: Social sciences, social studies
Hashtag Publics is available in Paperback, Hardback
Hashtag Publics was written by Steve Jones and published by Peter Lang Publishing Inc
Hashtag Publics has 293 pages
Yes it is part of Digital Formations series