Hashtag Publics
The Power and Politics of Discursive Networks
$130.69
- Paperback
293 pages
- Release Date
23 September 2015
Summary
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…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781433128981 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1433128985 |
| Author: | Nathan Rambukkana, Steve Jones |
| Publisher: | Peter Lang Publishing Inc |
| Imprint: | Peter Lang Publishing Inc |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 293 |
| Release Date: | 23 September 2015 |
| Weight: | 440g |
| Dimensions: | 230mm x 150mm |
| Series: | Digital Formations |
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Die Idee dieses Buches ist simpel, aber sehr sinnvoll. (Katrin Weller, M&K 4⁄2016)
«Die Idee dieses Buches ist simpel, aber sehr sinnvoll.»(Katrin Weller, M&K 4⁄2016)
About The Author
Nathan Rambukkana
Nathan Rambukkana (PhD, Concordia University) is Assistant Professor in Communication Studies at Wilfrid Laurier University. His work centers on the study of discourse, politics, and identities, and his research addresses topics such as hashtag publics, digital intimacies, intimate privilege, and non/monogamy in the public sphere.
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