Hashtag

Name: Hashtag
Brand: Prof Elizabeth (William and Mary Losh
SKU: 9781501344275
Price: 9.74 GBP
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by Prof Elizabeth (William and Mary Losh

Title:

Hashtag

Author:

Prof Elizabeth (William and Mary Losh

Series (if any):

Object Lessons

Format:

Paperback

Number of pages:

160 pages

Publisher:

Bloomsbury Publishing Plc

ISBN-13:

9781501344275

EAN:

9781501344275

Publication Date:

19/09/2019

Classifications:

Literature: history and criticism

Weight (g):

272

Dimensions (mm):

121 x 164 x 13

Publication Country:

United Kingdom

Language:

English

Condition:

New

Price:£9.74

20 copies in stock

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Description

Best Books of 2019—Scholarly KitchenObject Lessons is a series of short, beautifully designed books about the hidden lives of ordinary things.Hashtags can silence as well as shout. They originate in the quiet of the archive and the breathless suspense of the control room, and find voice in the roar of rallies in the streets. The #hashtag is a composite creation, with two separate but related design histories: one involving the crosshatch symbol and one about the choice of letters after it.Celebration and criticism of hashtag activism rarely address the hashtag as an object or try to locate its place in the history of writing for machines. Although hashtags tend to be associated with Silicon Valley invention myths or celebrity power users, the story of the hashtag is much longer and more surprising, speaking to how we think about naming, identity, and being human in a non-human world.Object Lessons is published in partnership with an essay series in The Atlantic.