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Digital Sociology
We now live in a digital society. New digital technologies have had a
profound infl uence on everyday life, social relations, government,
commerce, the economy and the production and dissemination of
knowledge. People’s movements in space, their purchasing habits and
their online communication with others are now monitored in detail
by digital technologies. We are increasingly becoming digital data
subjects, whether we like it or not, and whether we choose this or not.
The sub- discipline of digital sociology provides a means by which the
impact, development and use of these technologies and their incorporation into social worlds, social institutions and concepts of selfhood
and embodiment may be investigated, analysed and understood. This
book introduces a range of interesting social, cultural and political
dimensions of digital society and discusses some of the important
debates occurring in research and scholarship on these aspects. It covers
the new knowledge economy and big data, reconceptualising research
in the digital era, the digitisation of higher education, the diversity of
digital use, digital politics and citizen digital engagement, the politics of
surveillance, privacy issues, the contribution of digital devices to
embodiment and concepts of selfhood, and many other topics.
Digital Sociology is essential reading not only for students and academics
in sociology, anthropology, media and communication, digital cultures,
digital humanities, internet studies, science and technology studies,
cultural geography and social computing, but for other readers interested in the social impact of digital technologies.
Deborah Lupton is Centenary Research Professor in the News and
Media Research Centre, Faculty of Arts & Design, University of
Canberra
‘Anyone with an interest in the future of sociology should read this book. In its pages Deborah Lupton provides an informative and vibrant account of a series of digital transformations and explores what these might mean for sociological work.
Digital Sociology deals with the very practice and purpose of sociology. In short, this is a road-map for a version of sociology that responds directly to a changing social world. My suspicion is that by the end of the book you will almost certainly have become a digital sociologist.’ David Beer, Senior Lecturer in Sociology, University of York, UK ‘This excellent book makes a compelling case for the continuing relevance of academic sociology in a world marked by “big data” and digital transformations of various sort. The book demonstrates that rather than losing jurisdiction over the study of the “social” a plethora of recent inventive conceptual, methodological and substantive developments in the discipline provide the raw material for a radical reworking of the craft of sociology. As such it deserves the widest readership possible.’ Roger Burrows, Professor in the Department of Sociology, Goldsmiths, University of London, UK ‘With a clear and engaging style, this book explores the breadth and depth of ongoing digital transformations to data, academic practice and everyday life. Ranging impressively across these often far too disparate fi elds, Lupton positions sociological thinking as key to our understanding of the digital world.’ Susan Halford, Professor of Sociology, University of Southampton, UK ‘Lupton’s compelling exploration of the centrality of the digital to everyday life reveals diversity and nuance in the ways digital technologies empower and constrain actions and citizenship. This excellent book offers researchers a rich resource to contextualize theories and practices for studying today’s society, and advances critical scholarship on digital life.
’ Catherine Middleton, Canada Research Chair in Communication Technologies in the Information Society, Ryerson University, Toronto, Canada
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