Public Sociology in the Age of Social Media
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Healy, K
Published in: Perspectives on Politics
September 1, 2017
I informally examine how the idea of public sociology has been affected by the rise of social media. New social media platforms disintermediate communication, make people more visible, and encourage public life to be measured. They tend to move the discipline from a situation where some people self-consciously do public sociology to one where more sociologists unselfconsciously do sociology in public. I discuss the character of such latently public work, the opportunities and difficulties it creates for individuals, and its tendency to be associated with academic fields that believe in what they are doing.
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Perspectives on Politics
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1537-5927
Publication Date
September 1, 2017
Volume
15
Issue
3
Start / End Page
771 / 780
Related Subject Headings
- Political Science & Public Administration
- 4408 Political science
- 1606 Political Science
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Healy, K. (2017). Public Sociology in the Age of Social Media. Perspectives on Politics, 15(3), 771–780. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1537592717000950
Healy, K. “Public Sociology in the Age of Social Media.” Perspectives on Politics 15, no. 3 (September 1, 2017): 771–80. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1537592717000950.
Healy K. Public Sociology in the Age of Social Media. Perspectives on Politics. 2017 Sep 1;15(3):771–80.
Healy, K. “Public Sociology in the Age of Social Media.” Perspectives on Politics, vol. 15, no. 3, Sept. 2017, pp. 771–80. Scopus, doi:10.1017/S1537592717000950.
Healy K. Public Sociology in the Age of Social Media. Perspectives on Politics. 2017 Sep 1;15(3):771–780.
Published In
Perspectives on Politics
DOI
ISSN
1537-5927
Publication Date
September 1, 2017
Volume
15
Issue
3
Start / End Page
771 / 780
Related Subject Headings
- Political Science & Public Administration
- 4408 Political science
- 1606 Political Science