Tag: digital sociology

What is Digital Sociology?

Though it is a hugely exciting trend, the growth of digital research methods risks becoming a narrow specialism. It is crucial that we don’t fall into the digital dualist trap of assuming that ‘online’ and ‘offline’ constitute distinct realities, as doing so profoundly misrepresents both the ‘real’ and the ‘virtual’. Rather than see digital research […]

January 12, 2013
Digital Sociologist #1: @ProfSteveFuller from @SocioWarwick

In the first of this series for the BSA Digital Sociology group, Steve Fuller (Auguste Comte Chair in Social Epistemology at the University of Warwick) talks about his experience of using Twitter. If you have ideas of how profile sociologists you’d like to see interviewed about their use of social media, or ideas about questions […]

January 5, 2013
Calling BSA members: we’re trying to start a Digital Sociology study group and we need your support

Myself and Emma Head at Keele are proposing a digital sociology study group for the BSA. For it to be approved we need 15 statements of support from current BSA members. If you fall into this category and think the group is a good idea could you send a quick e-mail (literally one sentence will […]

November 20, 2012
Call for Papers: Digital Methods as Mainstream Methodology Showcase Event

Friday 7th December 2012, British Library, London We would like to invite PhD students and early career researchers in the field of digital social research to present their work at the latest event by the Digital Methods as Mainstream Methodology network. The seminar series is funded by the National Centre for Research Methods Networks for […]

September 3, 2012