The Public and Their Platforms: Public Sociology in an Era of Social Media

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Mark Carrigan (University of Cambridge) Lambros Fatsis (City, University of London)

The Public and Their Platforms

Public Sociology in an Era of Social Media

Mark Carrigan (University of Cambridge), Lambros Fatsis (City, University of London)

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English

Bristol University Press
09 June 2021

Media studies; Social interaction; Sociology

Series: Public Sociology

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.

It reconsiders the history and current conceptualisations of what sociology is, and analyse what kinds of social life emerge in and through the interactions between 'intellectuals', 'publics', and 'platforms' of communication.

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.

By: Mark Carrigan (University of Cambridge), Lambros Fatsis (City, University of London)
Imprint: Bristol University Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm,
ISBN: 9781529201055
ISBN 10: 1529201055
Series: Public Sociology
Pages: 256
Publication Date: 09 June 2021
Audience: Professional and scholarly , General/trade , Undergraduate , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Introduction Chapter 1. Defining ‘the Public’ Chapter 2. The History of Platforms Chapter 3. Between Publics and Platforms Chapter 4. Sociology and its Platforms Chapter 5. The Past, Present, and Future of Public Sociology Chapter 6. Making Sociology Public Chapter 7. Making Platforms Public Chapter 8. Assembling Public Sociology

Mark Carrigan is Research Associate in the Faculty of Education at the University of Cambridge. Lambros Fatsis is Senior Lecturer in Criminology at City, University of London

Reviews for The Public and Their Platforms: Public Sociology in an Era of Social Media

"""If sociology is to survive the dual pandemics, the thousands of academics with the skills to tell the human stories of statistical data must face the inevitable and cliched 'pivot' to online. Carrigan and Fatsis' essays unpack why that is necessary and how it can be done, leaving no definition uninterrogated."" Postdigital Science and Education ""Published in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic, this timely book argues that contemporary interactions between sociology, publics and social media platforms demand a new understanding of public sociology."" LSE Review of Books"