{"product_id":"9781529201079","title":"The Public and Their Platforms : Public Sociology in an Era of Social Media by Mark Carrigan","description":"Available Open Access digitally under CC-BY-NC-ND licence.   As social media is increasingly becoming a standard feature of sociological practice, this timely book rethinks the role of these mediums in public sociology and what they can contribute to the discipline in the post-COVID world.   It reconsiders the history and current conceptualizations of what sociology is, and analyzes what kinds of social life emerge in and through the interactions between `intellectuals', `publics' and `platforms' of communication.   Cutting across multiple disciplines, this pioneering work envisions a new kind of public sociology that brings together the digital and the physical to create public spaces where critical scholarship and active civic engagement can meet in a mutually reinforcing way.\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Paperback \/ softback","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56303698182517,"sku":"9781529201079","price":22.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9781529201079.jpg?v=1762794764","url":"https:\/\/backstory.london\/products\/9781529201079","provider":"Backstory","version":"1.0","type":"link"}