@article {2699, title = {Humor and Identity on Twitter: $\#$muslimcandyheartrejects as a Digital Space for Identity Construction}, journal = {Journal of Muslim Minority Affairs}, year = {2016}, abstract = {Through examining the hashtag $\#$muslimcandyheartrejects, a one-time, short-term, joke hashtag used on Twitter among a group of Muslim tweeters in 2012, we argue that members of Muslim digital diaspora communities use social media to construct and reinforce a Muslim diaspora identity. The architecture of Twitter provides the structure for these engagements, while humor serves meaning-making, cohesion building, and tension-relief functions within the conversation. The conversation itself combines a variety of topics to both describe Muslim identity in diaspora and to critique both Muslim community practices and conditions for Muslims in non-Muslim countries.}, url = {https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/13602004.2016.1153825}, author = {Wills, Emily Regan and Fecteau, Andr{\'E}} }