Digital Sociology

Sociology and our sociological imaginations are having to confront new digital landscapes spanning mediated social relationships, practices and social structures. This volume assesses the substantive challenges faced by the discipline as it critically reassesses its position in the digital age.

Author Biography

STUART ALLAN Professor of Journalism in the Media School, Bournemouth University, UK

DAVID BEER Senior Lecturer in Sociology in the Department of Sociology at the University of York, UK

ROGER BURROWS Professor of Sociology at the University of York, UK

ALLISON CAVANAGH is a Lecturer and Researcher in Communications at the University of Leeds, UK

KAREN EVANS is Senior Lecturer at the University of Liverpool, UK

DEBRA FERREDAY is a Lecturer in Media and Cultural Studies at Lancaster University, UK

EILEEN GREEN is Emeritus Professor of Sociology at Teesside University, UK

LYNN JAMIESON is Professor of Sociology at the University of Edinburgh, UK

JUAN PABLO PARDO-GUERRA is Lecturer at the London School of Economics and Political Science, UK

JOËLLE KIVITS Researcher at the University of Nancy, France

DAVID LYON Director, Surveillance Studies Centre, Queen’s Research Chair in Surveillance Studies, Professor of Sociology, Professor of Law, Queen’s University, Canada

DONALD MATHESON is Lecturer in Media and Communication at the University of Canterbury, Aotearoa, New Zealand

NEIL SELWYN is a Researcher at the Institute of Education, University of London, UK

CARRIE SINGLETON is a Research Fellow at Teesside University, UK

JAN VAN DIJK is Professor of Communication Science at the University of Twente, The Netherlands

ANDREW WEBSTER IS Professor in the Sociology of Science and Technology at the University of York, UK