@article{Montemurro_Kamerer_2016, title={#DearCongress: A public letter}, url={https://firstmonday.org/ojs/index.php/fm/article/view/5498}, DOI={10.5210/fm.v0i0.5498}, abstractNote={<p>#DearCongress was prevalent within Twitter discourse during the 2013 U.S. government shutdown. The hashtag allowed a community to form by assembling around a common topic. What a group communicates through social networks cannot be separated from its context. This micro-analysis of #DearCongress utilizes discourse tracing through word clouds, guided by Bruns & Burgess’ concept of an ad hoc public. By looking at the commentary during a political and time stamped event, we can better understand the role discourse plays in group formation, evolution, and impact.</p>}, journal={First Monday}, author={Montemurro, Elisabeth and Kamerer, David}, year={2016}, month={Feb.} }