Title:
Understanding digital societies
Author:
Perriam, Jessamy, editor.
ISBN:
9781529732573
9781529732580
Physical Description:
xi, 484 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm
Contents:
Section 1: Everyday life and the digital -- 1. The digital sociological imagination -- 2. The presentation of self in digital spaces -- Section2: Society, technology, citizens and cities -- 3. Planning the cities of the future -- 4. Migration, diaspora and transnationalism in the digital age -- 5. Transnational digital networks: families and religion -- Section 3: Humans and machines -- 6. Semi-autonomous digital objects: between humans and machines -- 7. Freedom, fetishes and cyborgs -- 8. Health and digital technologies: the case of walking and cycling -- Section 4: Uses and abuses of the digital -- 9. Material digital technologies -- 10. Disinformation, 'fake news' and conspiracies -- 11. Cybersecurity, digital failure and social harm -- 12. Too much, too young? Social media, moral panics and young people's mental health -- 13. Algorithms.
Abstract:
This book provides a framework for understanding our changing, technologically shaped society and how sociology can help us make sense of it. You will be introduced to core sociological ideas and texts along with exciting global examples that shed light on how we can use sociology to understand the world around us.
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