Our research briefly examines the evolution of hashtags from an online organizational tool to a cultural phenomenon that serves a rhetorical function as a paralinguistic communication method. We include an analysis of the role of hashtags as image annotation metadata and as a framework for digital library taxonomies.

Camilla Yohn-Barr

Camilla Yohn-Barr

Hsiu-Man Lin

Hsiu-Man Lin

Micaela Walker

Micaela Walker

MSLIS graduate with a focus on archives

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