The linguistics of self-branding and micro-celebrity in Twitter: The role of hashtags

Discourse and Communication

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 181-201

  Page, Ruth ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Broadcast talk; hashtags; identity; micro celebrity; participatory culture; self branding; Twitter

Indexed keywords

EID: 84861867899     PISSN: 17504813     EISSN: 17504821     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1750481312437441     Document Type: Article

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