Digital Sociology [electronic resource] : Critical Perspectives /
Orton-Johnson, K.editor.
Prior, N.editor.
Sociology and our sociological imaginations are having to confront new digital landscapes spanning mediated social relationships, practices and social structures. This volume assesses the substantive challenges faced by the discipline as it critically reassesses its position in the digital age.
Description based upon print version of record.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction / K.Orton-Johnson & N.Prior. -- Part 1: Relationships. Personal Relationships, Intimacy and the Self in a Mediated and Global Digital Age /  L.Jamieson ; 'Gendering the Digital': The Impact of Gender and Technology Perspectives on the Sociological Imagination / E.Green & C.Singleton ; Digital Relationships and Feminist Hope / D.Ferreday. -- Part 2: Spaces. Rethinking Space: Urban Informatics and the Sociological Imagination / R.Burrows & D.Beer ; Rethinking Community in the Digital Age? / K.Evans ; Digital Spaces, Sociology and Surveillance / D.Lyon. -- Part 3: Structures. Inequalities in the Network Society / J.Van Dijk ; Trillions Out of Ones and Zeros: The Sociology of Finance Encounters the Digital Age / J.Pardo-Guerra ; Digital Fields, Networks and Capital: Sociology Beyond Structures and Fluids / Mike Savage. -- Part 4: Mediations. War Reporting in a Digital Age / S.Allan & D.Matheson ; Imagining Networks: The Sociology of Connection in the Digital Age / A.Cavanagh ; Mediating the Digital? / N.Prior & K.Orton-Johnson. -- Part 5: Practices. Rethinking Education in the Digital Age / N.Selwyn ; E-Health and Renewed Sociological Approaches to Health and Illness / J.Kivits ; Digital Technology and Sociological Windows / A.Webster.
Sociology and our sociological imaginations are having to confront new digital landscapes spanning mediated social relationships, practices and social structures. This volume assesses the substantive challenges faced by the discipline as it critically reassesses its position in the digital age.
Communication.
Sociology.
Culture.
Cultural studies.
Computer science.
Engineering.
Media Studies.
Sociology, general.
Sociology of Culture.
Cultural Studies.
Popular Computer Science.
Engineering, general.