Hashtagging for inclusion: complex identities in Singaporean gay men’s social representation on instagram

• Main Authors: Zhang, Langcheng, Tandoc, Edson C.
• Other Authors: Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2024
• Subjects: Social Sciences; Hashtag; Social representation
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/181715
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Beyond indexing content and creating networks, hashtags can also convey social meanings. From the perspective of social representation, this article investigates how gay men in Singapore use various hashtags to represent their complex identities and create a shared meaning of being gay in Singapore....