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This analysis highlights how hashtags enable marginalized voices to engage in public debates, suggesting new forms of activism.
Dominant power structures are shaping the way knowledge is being (re-)produced in our societies. Important questions for critical theory are therefore: Who is speaking and able to shape discourses? From what standpoint is s/he speaking? and (How) can communication power change these structures that are affecting individual lives? In this paper, I argue that the specific communicative dispositions of hashtags have opened up new possibilities for political participation and contestation, especially to those who feel underrepresented in a traditional media public.
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