| Digital Sociologies Contributor(s): Daniels, Jessie (Editor), Gregory, Karen (Editor), McMillan Cottom, Tressie (Editor) |
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ISBN: 1447329015 ISBN-13: 9781447329015 Publisher: Policy Press OUR PRICE: $59.80 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: November 2016 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Sociology - General - Computers | Digital Media - General - Computers | Social Aspects |
| Physical Information: 1.2" H x 6.6" W x 9.4" (1.85 lbs) 528 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Providing a much needed overview of the growing field of digital sociology, this handbook connects digital media technologies to the traditional sociological areas of study, like labour, culture, education, race, class and gender. Rooted in a critical understanding of inequality as foundational to digital sociology and is edited by leaders in the field. It includes topics ranging from web analytics, wearable technologies, social media analysis and digital labour. This rigorous, accessible text explores contemporary dilemmas and problems of the digital age in relation to inequality, institutions and social identity, making it suitable for use for a global audience on a variety of social science courses and beyond. Offering an important step forward for the discipline of sociology Digital sociologies is an important intellectual benchmark in placing digital at the forefront of investigating the social. |
Contributor Bio(s): Cottom, Tressie McMillan: - Tressie McMillan Cottom is professor at Virginia Commonwealth University and former fellow at the Microsoft Social Media Collective and the Center for Poverty Research at the University of California, Davis. She has written for the New York Times, Washington Post, and the Atlantic.Daniels, Jessie: - Jessie Daniels is professor of sociology and critical social psychology at Hunter College and the Graduate Center, CUNY. She is the author or editor of five books, including Cyber Racism and Being a Scholar in the Digital Era, and blogs at Racism Review.Gregory, Karen: - Karen Gregory is a lecturer in sociology in the Division of Interdisciplinary Studies at the City College of New York and faculty head of the City College of New York's CITY LAB. |