02305cam a2200409 4500 2718303556 TxAuBib 20260328120000.0 ||||||s2021||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 9781529201086 152920108X B096KZBT2R Amazon 17903241-834f-4449-9007-99bfbbb23c3e OverDrive (Reserve ID) 12057324 OverDrive (Product ID) TxAuBib Carrigan, Mark. The Public and Their Platforms [Libby eBook] : Public Sociology in an Era of Social Media. Bristol University Press, 2021. Format: OverDrive OverDrive Read. Format: OverDrive Kindle Book. public intellectuals. platform capitalism. Public Engagement. internet studies. public sociology. Social Media. Mass Society. Sociology. HTML:<p>Available Open Access digitally under CC-BY-NC-ND licence.</p> <p>As social media is increasingly becoming a standard feature of sociological practice, this timely book rethinks the role of these mediums in public sociology and what they can contribute to the discipline in the post-COVID world.</p> <p>It reconsiders the history and current conceptualizations of what sociology is, and analyzes what kinds of social life emerge in and through the interactions between 'intellectuals', 'publics' and 'platforms' of communication.</p> <p>Cutting across multiple disciplines, this pioneering work envisions a new kind of public sociology that brings together the digital and the physical to create public spaces where critical scholarship and active civic engagement can meet in a mutually reinforcing way.</p>. Computer Technology. Nonfiction. Sociology. Media Type: eBook. Importer Version: 2014-01-08.01 Import Date: 2026-03-27 20:00:02. Fatsis, Lambros. https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=17903241-834f-4449-9007-99bfbbb23c3e&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Kindle Book) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=17903241-834f-4449-9007-99bfbbb23c3e&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive Read)