Tariq, Umbreen; Sarfraz, Summaira; Abbas, Ali - In: Online Information Review 44 (2020) 6, pp. 1183-1198
Purpose: This paper examines reasons of pragmatic functions' misinterpretation of three types of Facebook hashtags: long, short and multiple mixed hashtags. Design/methodology/approach: Focus group interviews of 15 English language learners, who are also active users of Facebook and hashtags,...