Knowing Digital Technologies

The Futures of Social Research
1. Auflage 2026
ISBN: 978-1-5292-4888-3
Verlag: Bristol University Press

Buch, Englisch, 168 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm

Reihe: Sociodigital Futures

AI, quantum computing, big data and digital twins are remodelling how we understand and produce knowledge in the social sciences. What are the implications of such technologies for what we know - and how we know it?

This book explores these critical questions, examining the epistemology of the digital. Bridging technology with sociological theory, it challenges social scientists to rethink research design, methodology and the creation of social knowledge in the digital era.

Essential for students and academics, it provides a rigorous, forward-looking guide to navigating digital transformations in social inquiry.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Aragona, Biagio

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein Empirische Sozialforschung, Statistik
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften: Forschung und Information Forschungsmethodik, Wissenschaftliche Ausstattung
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Erkenntnistheorie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction

1. Social Science Epistemology

2. Technology and Scientific Knowledge

3. Digital Epistemology

4. Digital Methodology

Conclusion: The Future(s) of Social Research

Über Autor(innen)

Aragona, Biagio
Biagio Aragona is Professor of Sociology at the University of Naples Federico II.