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Doing digital social (and cultural and media) research: what stays the same when everything changes?
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posted on 2023-06-09, 19:37 authored by Timothy JordanResearch into digital sociality often encounters, both in academic and non-academic contexts, the claim that there is no point doing such research because the technologies being examined change so fast that analysis can never keep up. This article criticises any such claim. First, the article examines three kinds of 'sameness' that span the introduction of different technologies: internet-based text communication, digital platforms and information as a non-rival good. In each of these contexts this article explores how looking at what changes rapidly draws attention from forms of social power that stay the same across technologies. This article then argues from this examination that it is key to examine both differences and sameness when researching digital sociality.
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Journal of Digital Social ResearchISSN
2003-1998Publisher
DIGSUMExternal DOI
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1Volume
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25-30Department affiliated with
- Music Publications
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- Sussex Humanities Lab Publications
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2019-11-12First Open Access (FOA) Date
2019-11-12First Compliant Deposit (FCD) Date
2019-11-12Usage metrics
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