ISBN:
9781529201062
,
1529201063
,
9781529201086
,
152920108X
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource (xi, 242 pages)
Series Statement:
Public sociology
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Carrigan, Mark The public and their platforms
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Carrigan, Mark Public and Their Platforms
DDC:
302.3
Keywords:
Social psychology
;
Social media
;
Psychology, Social
;
Social Media
;
Soziologie
;
Social Media
Description / Table of Contents:
Front Cover -- Series -- The Public and Their Platforms: Public Sociology in an Era of Social Media -- Copyright information -- Table of contents -- Acknowledgments -- Series Editors' Preface -- Introduction -- 1 Defining 'the Public' -- What/who is 'the public'? -- The good, the bad, and the redeemable 'public' -- The disappearance of 'the public' -- How to rethink 'the public' in order to revive it -- Becoming citizens -- Practising citizenship -- (Re)making public space(s) -- 2 The History of Platforms -- The rise of the (digital) platform -- A brief history of social media platforms
Description / Table of Contents:
Platform and agency -- The ideology of social media -- The reality of online participation -- 3 Between Publics and Platforms -- Platforms and their publics -- Caught between publics and platforms -- Publishers as intermediaries -- The divided soul of the platform -- 4 Sociology and its Platforms -- Reasons for caution -- Rethinking sociological practice for platforms -- Decentring outputs -- Decentring expertise -- Decentring knowledge -- What does this mean for public sociology? -- 5 The Past, Present and Future of Public Sociology -- The past of public sociology
Description / Table of Contents:
The present of public sociology -- Traditional public sociology -- Print media -- Books -- Organic public sociology -- The future of public sociology -- 6 Making Sociology Public -- Social media in higher education -- The problems of platforms -- The scholastic disposition -- Forgetfulness o f technics -- Building platforms for public sociology -- 7 Making Platforms Public -- The platform university -- The epistemic chaos of platform capitalism -- The contestation of research -- Public sociology and platform governance -- 8 Assembling Public Sociology -- Sociology in public
Description / Table of Contents:
What is public sociology? -- What is public about public sociology? -- Who and what is its 'public'? -- What is public sociology's relationship to its 'public'? -- Can professional sociology (ever) be 'public'? -- The digital undercommons -- Public 'inter-lectuals' -- Notes -- References -- Index -- Back Cover
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
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