Marres Noortje - Digital Sociology The Reinvention Of Social Research - Paperback

Binding: Paperback
Description: This provocative new introduction to the field of digital sociology offers a critical overview of interdisciplinary debates about new ways of knowing society that are emerging today at the interface of computing media social research and social life. Digital Sociology introduces key concepts methods and understandings that currently inform the development of specifically digital forms of social enquiry. Marres assesses the relevance and usefulness of digital methods data and techniques for the study of sociological phenomena and evaluates the major claim that computation makes possible a new science of society . As Marres argues the digital does much more than inspire innovation in social research: it forces us to engage anew with fundamental sociological questions. We must learn to appreciate that the digital has the capacity to throw into crisis existing knowledge frameworks and is likely to reconfigure wider relations. This timely engagement with a key transformation of our age will be indispensable reading for undergraduate and graduate students taking courses in digital sociology digital media computing and society.
Title: Digital Sociology The Reinvention Of Social Research
Author(s): Marres Noortje
Publisher: John Wiley And Sons Ltd
Barcode: 9780745684796
Pages: 232 Pages
Publication Date: 5/1/2017
Category: Social Research & Statistics