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This activity is suggested for an information literacy integration project for courses in Education, Social Sciences, or Humanities, especially those based on critical theory or critical pedagogy. In social media such as TikTok and Instagram, the hashtag is used in virtual community settings to identify images, videos, statuses, etc., with terms easily recognizable by those who are aware of specific trends. This activity consists of reading, in a group, a pre-selected news story on a topic and then "tagging" or labeling it, like applying a social media hashtag. Students will compare the chosen tags with the indexing terms in a bibliographic record. The activity concludes with a reflection on the indexing process, on the importance of choosing the right terms and also on the implicationsof searching for information using a topic that may not be used but is still as important as others. 

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