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It seems inevitable that with widespread social change comes the violent and bigoted pushback from those afraid of straying from the status quo. And in the age of the Internet, conflict comes with ...

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 ...

Jean Burgess receives funding from the Australian Research Council. The authors received financial support for the research outlined in the article from Microsoft. Perhaps no single character has been ...

Hashtags are more mainstream than ever, but they’re morphing into something way weirder than the search and discovery tools they were meant to be. They can be super annoying when people clutter their ...

In the early days, hashtags were only used by the social media early adopters. As understanding grew of how hashtags work, they became widely embraced by the marketing and advertising industry. Today, ...