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Researching Digital Society
An Introduction

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Research Methods
December 2025 | 272 pages | SAGE Publications Ltd
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Interested in digital technology and its impact on our everyday lives? This multidisciplinary book introduces you to the theories, concepts, and methods you need to research our digital society. 

Drawing on diverse case studies and examples it gives you everything you need to understand and choose from a range of research designs, and to utilise and critique digital data from a variety of sources. 

Learn more about:

·       How technology shapes our society and how online and offline spaces impact each other 

·       Key methodologies and theories used to understand digital societies

·       Approaches for studying different voices and communities in online spaces, including digital inequalities. 

The perfect companion for students and researchers across the social sciences, this book is a fresh, practical introduction to research in the digital age.

 
Part 1: Understanding Social Research Design Through A Digital Lens
 
Chapter 1: Researching digital society - understand the sociotechnical
 
Chapter 2: The participant in digital research
 
Chapter 3: Ethics in Digital Research
 
Chapter 4: Traditional sociological methods and their role in exploring digital society
 
Part 2: Understanding Digital Society: Key Concerns For Digital Researchers
 
Chapter 5: Platformisation and design
 
Chapter 6: Living with technology – Removing the online/offline divide
 
Chapter 7: Space, place, touch, and materiality in digital research
 
Chapter 8: Digital Inequalities
 
Chapter 9: Big Data and issues of volume
 
Part 3: Researching Digital Society: Key Areas Of Research
 
Chapter 10: Researching digital audio and visuals
 
Chapter 11: Researching Digital Communities
 
Chapter 12: Researching Digital Identities
 
Chapter 13: Researching Digital Intimacies
 
Chapter 14: Researching Digital Activism and Power
Key features

• An introductory textbook that maps course structures and which focuses on understanding the available methodologies and theories.

• Good focus on possible pathways through the research process setting out viable research designs on topics from across the social sciences. 

• Combines established social science theory with new types of digital content and research tools.

• Multidisciplinary (sociology, media, cultural studies).

• Strong focus on critiquing and using digital data from a wide range of sources.

• Discusses impact of technology in both online and offline spaces.

• Inspiring commitment to DEI objectives and reflecting a diverse range of lived experiences. Very international and captures diverse voices.

 

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