First published 2016
Digital sociology emerges as a vital field examining how technology intersects with social structures. Tressie McMillan Cottom presents this comprehensive handbook that bridges digital media technologies with core sociological concerns. The book grounds its analysis in a critical examination of inequality as central to understanding digital society. Cottom explores diverse territory including web analytics, wearable technologies, social media analysis, and digital labor practices. The work systematically connects these technological developments to established sociological domains such as labor relations, cultural studies, education systems, and the dynamics of race, class, and gender. This volume establishes digital phenomena as central to modern social investigation, providing scholars and students with the theoretical framework needed to analyze contemporary digital culture through a sociological lens.
Genres: sociology, academic
Vibes: academic, critical, thought-provoking
Tropes: academic-study, critical-examination
Period: 21st-Century
528 pages · Hardcover · Policy Press