Searchable talk: hashtags and social media metadiscourse

Metadata such as the hashtag is an important dimension of social media communication.

Despite its important role in practices such as curating, tagging and searching content, there has been little research into how meanings are made with social metadata.

This book considers how hashtags have expanded their reach from an information-locating resource to an interpersonal resource for coordinating social relationships and expressing solidarity, affinity and affiliation.