What can flame-throwing squirrels tell us about human emotion? Can social media empower political activism? How has the internet changed the way we form our identities? Do algorithms have a social role? What is digital society? In the early 21st century, digital media and the social have become irreversibly intertwined. In this cutting-edge introduction, author Simon Lindgren explores what it means to live in a digital society. Neatly divided into three sections, Digital Media and Society expertly leads students through: Theories: from social media and cyber-optimism, to online social interaction and social changeTopics: from emotion, participation and the public sphere, to the impact of data, software and mobile technologyTools: from digital ethnography, social network analysis and text-mining, to guidance on digital ethics and mixing methods With succinct explanations of key concepts and theories, practical exercises to aid understanding and application, and suggested further reading sections to guide students through the literature and enhance their own research, this is a must-have resource for all students of the digital society. Digital Media and Society is essential reading for undergraduate and postgraduate courses exploring digital media, social media, media and society, media sociology, and the Internet.
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This book offers a comprehensive new analysis of the contemporary media landscape, looking at  the central theories of the digital society, and the hot topics and key research methods in the field. 
PART I: THEORIES 1. Digital Society 2. Social Media 3. Cyber Debates 4. Interaction and Identity 5. Communities and Networks PART II: TOPICS 6. Digital Visuality and Visibility 7. Feeling Digital 8. Digital Citizenship 9. Digital Power and Exploitation 10. Digital Activism 11. Mobile Culture 12. Software, Algorithms and Data PART III: TOOLS 13. Digital Social Research 14. The Research Process 15. Digital Ethnography 16. Mapping and Mining Digital Society PART IV: CONCLUSION 17. A Theory of Digital Media and Social Change
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"An impressive accomplishment. The book will reward both students and advanced scholars with its comprehensive overview, deft and accessible style, and an array of significant insights contributing to our developing understanding of social media and, most broadly, a coming post-digital society."
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Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9781473925007
Publisert
2017-06-07
Utgiver
Vendor
SAGE Publications Ltd
Vekt
770 gr
Høyde
232 mm
Bredde
186 mm
Aldersnivå
U, 05
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Innbundet
Antall sider
328

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Biographical note

Simon Lindgren is Professor of Sociology at Umeå University in Sweden. He is also director of DIGSUM, an interdisciplinary academic research centre studying the social dimensions of digital technology, and the editor-in-chief of the Journal of Digital Social Research. His research is about the relationship between digital media and society with a particular focus on politics and power relations. He studies mobilisation and contention on the internet and the consequences of datafication and automation for such processes.