Sociology is the study of social life, groups and modern societies.
Communication and information technologies such as the internet are central to both the existence of modern societies and to our understanding of them. Today, the internet is opening up many new opportunities for sociology as a field of study. First, the internet itself deserves investigation as part of the complex subject matter of sociology. In a profound way, the development of the internet is going hand in hand with changes that are taking place in who we are, what we do, and the way we do things together. Second, the internet is helping us to transform the way we reflect on our social world, the way we understand it, and the way in which we might intervene in it.