THEORY OF THE HASTAG

This is a short book about the most prominent sign of our times. The simple sign is now used so widely that it is easy to overlook the fundamental effects it has had in the structuring of public debate. With its help, statements are bundled together and discours e is organized and amplified around common buzzwords. This method enables us to navigate more easily the huge volume of online utter ances, but it also increases the risk of leveling statements and extinguishing difference, as exemplified by the MeToo debate. Andr eas Bernar...[Read more]