Example: The use of a hashtag on any social media allows individuals worldwide to connect on identity, place, things, etc. Thus, people are able to use the hashtag to create emphasis on identities and others with the same identity or searching for that identity are able to find and explore what the hashtagged identity is promoting.
The hashtag "#HispanicGirlsUnited" focuses on the collective identity of "Hispanic Girl" and protests the request of assimilation to American culture.
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From the text: The Milan article, "From Social Movements to Cloud Protesting: The Evolution of Collective Identity" focuses primarily on collective identity through media. The authors state that a "Techno-Epistemic Break" is, "In short, although historically and culturally understandable desire, the fondness for bodily presence and face-to-face conversations ignores the social and technological transformations of the 20th century that have constructed an altogether different cultural context, a techno-epistemic break," (187). Meaning, information is dispersed through technology instead of face-to-face, as a new cultural context, to form and share collective identities.
Works Cited:
Milan, Stefania. "From Social Movements to Cloud Protesting: The Evolution of Collective Identity." Information, Communication & Society. Web. 31 March 2016.
Pinterest. Web. 31 March 2016. Retrieved from: https://www.pinterest.com/pin/510595676481336642/
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