The culture of the digital : Pinterest and digital sociology
Contribuinte(s) |
Forbes-Mewett, Helen Osbaldistson, Nick Strong, Catherine |
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Data(s) |
2013
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Resumo |
As the boundaries between public and private, human and technology, digital and social, mediated and natural, online and offline become increasingly blurred in modern techno-social hybrid societies, sociology as a discipline needs to adapt and adopt new ways of accounting for these digital cultures. In this paper I use the social networking site Pinterest to demonstrate how people today are shaped by, and in turn shape, the digital tools they are assembled with. Digital sociology is emerging as a sociological subdiscipline that engages with the convergence of the digital and the social. However, there seems to be a focus on developing new methods for studying digital social life, yet a neglect of concrete explorations of its culture. I argue for the need for critical socio-cultural ‘thick description’ to account for the interrelations between humans and technologies in modern digitally mediated cultures. |
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Publicador |
The Australian Sociological Association (TASA) |
Relação |
http://www.tasa.org.au/uploads/2013/11/Cultural-Sociology-Abstracts.pdf Sauter, Theresa (2013) The culture of the digital : Pinterest and digital sociology. In Forbes-Mewett, Helen, Osbaldistson, Nick, & Strong, Catherine (Eds.) Proceedings of 2013 TASA Conference : Reflections, Intersections and Aspirations 50 years of Australian Sociology, The Australian Sociological Association (TASA), Monash University Caulfield Campus (Building H), Melbourne, Australia. (In Press) |
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Copyright 2013 please consult author(s). |
Fonte |
Creative Industries Faculty; School of Media, Entertainment & Creative Arts |
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Conference Paper |