The public and their platforms public sociology in an era of social media

Cutting across multiple disciplines, this book maps out a new role for the public sociologist in the post-COVID world. It envisions a new kind of public sociology that brings together "the digital" and the "physical" to create public spaces where critical scholarship and active c...

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Main Authors: Carrigan, Mark, Fatsis, Lambros (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Bristol, UK Bristol University Press 2021, 2021
Series:Public sociology
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505 0 |a 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 
505 0 |a 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 
505 0 |a Includes bibliographical references and index 
505 0 |a 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 
505 0 |a 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 
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