Title
Handles, Hashtags, and Austen Social Media
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2019
Abstract
This essay explores the role of social media—including Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, and Instagram—in the cultivation of Jane Austen's twenty-firstcentury digital afterlife. It focuses particularly on social media use by global fan communities, scholars, and institutions such as museums. It also makes a case for social media as an easily accessible information commons that provides a digital record of ongoing conversations about the author, her novels, and the people who enjoy them.
Publication Title
Texas Studies in Literature and Language
Recommended Citation
Krueger, Misty. "Handles, Hashtags, and Austen Social Media." Texas Studies in Literature and Language, vol. 61 no. 4, 2019, p. 378-396. Project MUSE muse.jhu.edu/article/741194.
