Full Description
Digital media are normal. But this was not always true. For a long time, lay discourse, academic exhortations, pop culture narratives, and advocacy groups constructed new Information and communications technologies (ICTs) as exceptional. Whether they were believed to be revolutionary, dangerous, rife with opportunity, or other-worldly, these tools and technologies were framed as extraordinary. But digital media are now mundane, thoroughly embedded - and often unquestioned - in everyday life. Digital ICTs are enmeshed in health and wellness, work and organizations, elections, capital flows, intimate relationships, social movements, and even our own identities. And although the study of these technologies has always been interdisciplinary - at the crossroads of computer science, cultural studies, science and technology studies, and communications - never has a sociological perspective been more valuable. Sociology has always excelled at helping us re-see the normal.
The Oxford Handbook of Digital Media Sociology is a perfect point of entry for those curious about the state of sociological research on digital media. Each chapter reviews the sociological research that has been done thus far and points towards unanswered questions. The 34 chapters in the Handbook are arranged in six sections which look at digital media as they relate to: theory, social institutions, everyday life, community and identity, social inequalities, and politics & power. More than ever, the contributors to this volume help make it a centralizing resource, pulling together the various strands of sociological research focused on digital media. In addition to providing a distinctly sociological center for those scholars looking to find their way in the subfield, the volume offers top sociological research that provides an overview of digital media to explain our quickly changing world to a broader public. Readers will find it accessible enough for use in class, and thorough enough for seasoned professionals interested in a concise update in their areas of interest.
Contents
Acknowledgments
Contributors
When the Extraordinary Become Mundane: Digital Media and The Sociological Lens
Deana A. Rohlinger, Sarah Sobieraj
Theoretical Explorations of Digital Life
1. Technology and Time
Judy Wajcman
2. Media and the Social Construction of Reality
Nick Couldry and Andreas Hepp
3. Theorizing Curation
Jenny Davis
4. Affective Publics: Solidarity and Distance
Zizi Papacharissi
5. Big Data from the South(s): An Analytical Matrix to Investigate Data at the Margins Stefania Milan and Emiliano Treré
Digital Media and Social Institutions
6. From "Impact" to "Negotiation": Educational Technologies and Inequality
Cassidy Puckett and Matthew H. Rafalow
7. Journalism in the Age of Twitter
Stephen R. Barnard
8. Families, Relationships, and Technology
Raelene Wilding
9. Digital Religion
Stef Aupers and Lars de Wildt
10. Technology, Labor, and the Gig Economy
Jamie Woodcock
Digital Media in Everyday Life
11. The Sociology of Mobile Apps
Deborah Lupton
12. Folding and Friction: The Internet of Things and Everyday Life
Murray Goulden
13. Negotiating Intimacy via Dating Websites and Apps: Digital Media in Everyday Life
Shantel Gabrieal Buggs
14. Digital Pornography and Everyday Life
Jennifer A. Johnson
15. Use of Information and Communication Technologies Among Older Adults: Usage Differences, Health-Related Impacts, and Future Needs
Shelia Cotten and Alexander Seifert
16. The Sociology of Self-Tracking and Embodied Technologies: How Does Technology Engage Gendered, Raced, and Datafied Bodies?
Elizabeth Wissinger
Digital Media, Community and Identity
17. LGBTQ+ Communities and Digital Media
Brady Robards, Paul Byron, and Sab D'Souza
18. Facework on Social Media in China
Xiaoli Tian and Qian Li
19. Video Games and Identity Formation in Contemporary Society
Daniel Muriel
20. Fans and Fan Activism
Thomas V. Maher
21. Trolls and Hacktivists: Political Mobilization from Online Communities
Jessica L. Beyer
22. Networked Street Life
Jeffrey Lane and Will Marler
Digital Media Social Inequalities
23. The Feminization of Social Media Labor
Sophie Bishop and Brooke Erin Duffy
24. Electronic Waste and Environmental Justice
David N. Pellow
25. Digital War: Mediatized Conflicts in Sociological Perspective
Olga Boichak
26. Masculinity, Everyday Racism, and Gaming
Stephanie Ortiz
27. Socioeconomic Inequalities and Digital Skills
Matías Dodel
28. The Digital Production Gap in the Algorithmic Era
Jen Schradie and Liam Bekirsky
Digital Media, Power, and Politics
29. Detect, Document, and Debunk: Studying Media Manipulation and Disinformation
Gabrielle Lim and Joan Donovan
30. Gender, Digital Toxicity, and Political Voice Online
Sarah Sobieraj
31. Digital Media in Grassroots Anti-Corruption Across the World
Alice Mattoni
32. Digital Youth Politics
Jennifer Earl, Sam Scovill, and Elliot Ramo
33. Transformations in American Political Participation
Deana A. Rohlinger
