Marres, Noortje
Digital Sociology : the reinvention of social research - United Kingdom Polity Press 2017 - vi,240p
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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.
9780745684796
Sociology--Technological innovations--Social aspects--Social sciences--Research
301.01 / MAR-D
Digital Sociology : the reinvention of social research - United Kingdom Polity Press 2017 - vi,240p
Include Reference and Index
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.
9780745684796
Sociology--Technological innovations--Social aspects--Social sciences--Research
301.01 / MAR-D