Sociological Theory for Digital Society - 9781509542963

Sociological Theory for Digital SocietyThe Codes that Bind Us Together\nAuthor(s): Ori Schwarz\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: John Wiley and Sons Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Polity Press\nISBN-13: 9781509542963, 978-1509542963\nSynopsis\nThe digital revolution has not only transformed multiple aspects of social life it also shakes sociological theory, transforming the most basic assumptions that have underlain it. In this timely book, Ori Schwarz explores the main challenges digitalization poses to different strands of sociological theory and offers paths to adapt them to new social realities. What would symbolic interactionism look like in a world where interaction no longer takes place within bounded situations and is constantly documented as durable digital objects? How should we understand new digitally mediated forms of human association that bind our actions and lives together but have little in common with old-time 'collectives'; and why are they not simply social networks?.