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Digital sociologies / edited by Jessie Daniels, Karen Gregory, Tressie McMillan Cottom.
LIBRA T14.5 .D54 2017
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Digital media--Social aspects.
- Digital media.
- Sociology.
- Technology--Sociological aspects.
- Technology.
- Physical Description:
- xxx, 497 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Bristol, UK ; Chicago, IL : Policy Press, [2017]
- Summary:
- "Providing a much needed overview of the growing field of digital sociology, this handbook connects digital media technologies to the traditional sociological areas of study, like labour, culture, education, race, class and gender. Rooted in a critical understanding of inequality as foundational to digital sociology and is edited by leaders in the field. It includes topics ranging from web analytics, wearable technologies, social media analysis and digital labour. This rigorous, accessible text explores contemporary dilemmas and problems of the digital age in relation to inequality, institutions and social identity, making it suitable for use for a global audience on a variety of social science courses and beyond. Offering an important step forward for the discipline of sociology Digital sociologies is an important intellectual benchmark in placing digital at the forefront of investigating the social." -- Policy Press website.
- Contents:
- Part I Digital sociology in everyday life 1
- 1 Structure and agency in a digital world / Karen Gregory Gregory, Karen 3
- 2 Beyond digital dualism: Modeling digital community / Alexia Maddox Maddox, Alexia 9
- 3 A return to Gemeinschaft: Digital impression management and the sharing economy / Alexandria J. Ravenelle Ravenelle, Alexandria J. 27
- 4 Digital discourse analysis: Finding meaning in small online spaces / Timothy Recuber Recuber, Timothy 47
- 5 Virtually ethical: Ethnographic challenges in researching textile crafters online / Alison Mayne Mayne, Alison 61
- 6 Interactivity, social media, and Superman: How comic books can help us understand and conceptualize interactivity online / Harry T. Dyer Dyer, Harry T. 77
- 7 The digital solidarity trap: Social movement research, online activism, and accessing the other's others / Theresa A. Hunt Hunt, Theresa A. 103
- 8 Digital Orientalism: Trip Advisor and online travelers' tales / Trevor Jamerson Jamerson, Trevor 119
- Part II Digitized institutions 137
- 9 Digitized institutions and inequalities / Tressie McMillan Cottom Cottom, Tressie McMillan 129
- 10 Toward a digital sociology of school / Neil Selwyn Selwyn, Neil, Selena Nemorin Nemorin, Selena, Scott Bulfin Bulfin, Scott, Nicola F. Johnson Johnson, Nicola F. 147
- 11 Representing "inforgs" in data-driven decisions / Jeffery Alan Johnson Johnson, Jeffery Alan 163
- 12 Employee monitoring in a digital contest / Calle Rosengren Rosengren, Calle, Mikael Ottosson Ottosson, Mikael 181
- 13 Digital sociology's vocational promise / Stephen R. Barnard Barnard, Stephen R. 195
- 14 Black cyberfeininism: Ways forward for intersectionality and digital sociology / Tressie McMillan Cottom Cottom, Tressie McMillan 211
- 15 Deconstructing racism on college websites / Monita H. Mungo Mungo, Monita H. 233
- 16 Yakking about college life: Examining the role of anonymous forums on community identity formation / Francesca Tripodi Tripodi, Francesca 251
- 17 On Thursdays we watch Scandal: Communal viewing and Black Twitter / Apryl Williams Williams, Apryl 273
- 18 Disruptive labor: Bleacher Report and the monetization of mass amateurization / Andrew McKenney McKenney, Andrew 295
- 19 Covert leisure and public spaces: Geocaching in post-9/11 New York City / Jonathan R. Wynn Wynn, Jonathan R. 313
- Part III Digital bodies 333
- 20 Bodies in code / Jessie Daniels Daniels, Jessie 335
- 21 Personal data practices in the age of lively data / Deborah Lupton Lupton, Deborah 339
- 22 "They're just too urban": Black gamers streaming on Twitch / Kishonna L. Gray Gray, Kishonna L. 355
- 23 From "geek" to "chic": Wearable technology and the woman question / Elizabeth Wissinger Wissinger, Elizabeth 369
- 24 Queer Facebook? Digital sociality and queer theory / Benjamin Haber Haber, Benjamin 387
- 25 The Ms. Dewey "experience:" Technoculture, gender, and race / Miriam E. Sweeney Sweeney, Miriam E. 401
- 26 The Emperor's new data clothes: Implications of "nudity" as a racialized and gendered metaphor in discourse on personal digital data / Yuliya Grinberg Grinberg, Yuliya 421
- 27 Post your comments below: A case study of immigrant bashing online / Adrian Cruz Cruz, Adrian, Kazuyo Kubo Kubo, Kazuyo 435
- 28 Our mothers have always been machines: The conflation of media and motherhood / Kara van Cleaf Cleaf, Kara van 449
- 29 #notracist: Exploring racism denial talk on Twitter / Sanjay Shanna Shanna, Sanjay, Phillip Brooker Brooker, Phillip 463.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781447329015
- 1447329015
- 9781447329008
- 1447329007
- 9781447329039
- 1447329031
- 9781447329046
- 144732904X
- 9781447329022
- 1447329023
- OCLC:
- 940520560
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