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Digital Media and Society

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Buch | Softcover
344 Seiten
2025 | 3rd Revised edition
SAGE Publications Ltd (Verlag)
978-1-5296-8147-5 (ISBN)
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In this fresh and friendly introduction to the key concepts, debates and theories of digital media, Simon Lindgren explores what it means to live in a digital society.
In today’s world, digital media and the social are irreversibly intertwined. In this cutting-edge introduction, Simon Lindgren introduces a wide range of concepts and approaches that aid in exploring and understanding what it means to live in a digital society. In this new edition you will encounter:


- An exploration of non-progressive forms of digital activism, including radicalization and hate groups


- Added coverage of post-pandemic, post-truth digital media with topics such as disinformation and computational propaganda


- Cutting-edge content on algorithms, covering recent developments in generative AI, LLMs, and synthetic media such as deepfakes.


- Expanded learning features and discussion prompts to put theory into practice



Updated, revised and expanded throughout to cover emerging platforms and issues, this book is a must-have for students exploring digital media, social media, and the internet.

Simon Lindgren is Professor of Sociology at Umeå University in Sweden. He is also director of DIGSUM, an interdisciplinary academic research centre studying the social dimensions of digital technology, and the editor-in-chief of the Journal of Digital Social Research. His research is about the relationship between digital media and society with a particular focus on politics and power relations. He studies mobilisation and contention on the internet and the consequences of datafication and automation for such processes. 

1 Digital Society
2 Social Media Platforms
3 Beyond Technological Determinism
4 Interaction and Identity
5 Communities and Networks
6 The Power of Visual Digital Media
7 Digital Emotions
8 Power and Exploitation
9 Activism, Mobilisation and Social Change
10 Datafication, Algorithms and Artificial Intelligence
11 Software and Devices
12 Digital Media Research Methods

Erscheint lt. Verlag 10.5.2025
Verlagsort London
Sprache englisch
Maße 170 x 242 mm
Themenwelt Sozialwissenschaften Kommunikation / Medien Kommunikationswissenschaft
Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie
ISBN-10 1-5296-8147-2 / 1529681472
ISBN-13 978-1-5296-8147-5 / 9781529681475
Zustand Neuware
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