We now live in a digital society. New digital technologies have
had a profound influence 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. "
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