Digital sociologies.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

a Daniels, Jessie, 1961-

Contributor:

Gregory, Karen.

McMillan Cottom, Tressie.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Digital ethnology.

Internet--Social aspects.

Internet.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (529 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Bristol : Policy Press, 2016.

Summary:

This is the first book to connect digital media technologies in digital sociology to traditional sociological and offers a much needed overview of it. It includes problems of the digital age in relation to inequality and identity, making it suitable for use for a global audience on a variety of courses.

Contents:

Contents

Acknowledgements

Preface

Notes on the authors

Introduction

An (unnamed) history and now a tipping point

Why digital sociology?

Digital sociology: a field in formation

The volume

Part. I Digital sociology in everyday life

1. Structure and agency in a digital world

2. Beyond digital dualism: Modeling digital community

Characterizing the environment of digital community

A brief description of the case study

Conceptualizing data intersections

Bridging the conceptual leap within big data analysis

Conclusion

3. A return to Gemeinschaft: Digital impression management and the sharing economy

The sharing economy

Three sharing economy companies

Research project

Impression management strategies

Front stage presentations

Storing the self in back regions

Impression management: a team effort

Discussion

4. Digital discourse analysis: Finding meaning in small online spaces

Discourse analysis

Digital discourse analysis, Steps 1–3: Research phase Generated by AI.

Notes:

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ISBN:

9781447329022

OCLC:

963184559