Understanding Digital Societies
- Jessamy Perriam - The Open University, UK
- Simon Carter - The Open University
Media & Society | New Media and Communication Technology | Social Change and Modernization
This innovative, new textbook:
- Provides unique insights into using theory to help explain the prevalence of digital objects in everyday interactions.
- Explores crucial relationships between humans, machines and emerging AI technologies.
- Discusses thought-provoking contemporary issues such as the uses and abuses of technologies in local and global communities.
Understanding Digital Societies is a must-read for undergraduate students of digital sociology, sociology of media, digital media and society, and other related fields.
The text provides a wide range of areas concerning digital literacy and their role in society- highlighting both their strengths as well as potential problematic concerns that are certainly of use for our trainee teachers and those working in social education.
The topics covered are wide, and though they do not delve into a great deal of detail- this is highly beneficial as each chapter allows for an introduction to relevant topics which can ignite student's interest for further study and analysis as a contemporary issue.
It is positive to see each chapter has a wide range of references available for further study and I particularly found useful as a lecturer, the additional questions to consider and inclusion of journal article an news excerpts to help support the ideas discussed.
Discusses thought-provoking and crucial relationships between humans, machines and emerging AI technologies.
Great as an additional source of information and to support core text materials.
