132 Pages
by
Routledge
132 Pages
by
Routledge
132 Pages
by
Routledge
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What is the role of sociological theory in the information age? What kinds of theories are best suited to analyzing the social uses of digital technologies, and for using digital technologies in new ways to study the social? This book contributes to several ongoing conversations on how the social sciences can best adapt to contemporary information technologies and information societies. Focusing... Read more
Part 1: Introduction
1. A Crisis in Theory?
2. The Sociology of the Digital
3. Computational Sociology and Big Data Analysis
Part 2: Theoretical Innovations
4. Critical Information Theory
5. Forensic Social Science
6. Bourdieusian Theory
Part 3: Conclusions
7. A More Continuous Sociology
Biography
Gabe Ignatow is Professor and Graduate Director in the Department of Sociology at the University of North Texas, USA. His research interests are in the areas of sociological theory, digital research methods, philosophy of social science and cognitive social science.
