This past week, countless users have taken to social media to discuss the shooting death of 18-year-old Michael Brown at the hands of a police officer and the ensuing protests and violence in Ferguson ...

Let’s talk for a minute about #socialmedia #hashtag use — what are hashtags, why should you use them, when is it appropriate to use them, how do you use them effectively, and which platforms lend ...

How is language evolving on the Internet? In this series on internet linguistics, Gretchen McCulloch breaks down the latest innovations in online communication. What's the point of a hashtag? Most ...

This article was published in Scientific American’s former blog network and reflects the views of the author, not necessarily those of Scientific American Hashtags have become a standard in ...

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Whether you’re a conservative or a liberal, you’ve most likely come across a political hashtag in an article, a tweet, or a personal story shared on Facebook. Hashtags are functional tags widely used ...

This article originally appeared on The Conversation. Whether you’re a conservative or a liberal, you have most likely come across a political hashtag in an article, a tweet or a personal story shared ...

Andreea S. Calude receives funding from The Royal Society of New Zealand Marsden Grant Fund. David Trye receives funding from the University of Waikato PhD Doctoral Scholarship. University of Waikato ...

Whether you’re a conservative or a liberal, you have most likely come across a political hashtag in an article, a tweet or a personal story shared on Facebook. A hashtag is a functional tag widely ...

Today’s entrepreneurs have to start businesses in a culture of intense social media activity. In case you haven’t noticed, this social media thing is kind of a big deal. One thing that every social ...