This provocative new introduction to the field of digital sociology offers a critical overview of
interdisciplinary debates about new ways of knowing society that are emerging today at the …

As disputes concerning the environment, the economy, and pandemics occupy public
debate, we need to learn to navigate matters of public concern when facts are in doubt and …

Controversial posts are those that split the preferences of a community, receiving both
significant positive and significant negative feedback. Our inclusion of the word" community" …

In the last decade, analyzing online interaction rapidly gained in popularity and especially
Wikipedia with its collaborative nature is a favored research object in linguistic studies. In …

In this paper we introduce the device perspective as a methodological contribution to
platform studies. Through an engagement with debates about the notion of affordances …

Many have criticized the centralized and unaccountable governance of prominent online
social platforms, leading to renewed interest in platform governance that incorporates …

Wikipedia, the largest encyclopedia ever created, is a global initiative driven by volunteer
contributions. When the COVID-19 pandemic broke out and mobility restrictions ensued …

The online encyclopedia Wikipedia is both a cultural reference to store, refer to, and
organize digitized and digital information, as well as a key contemporary digital heritage …

Routledge English Language Introductions cover core areas of language study and are one-
stop resources for students. Assuming no prior knowledge, books in the series offer an …

All societies have been much more bipolar over the past few years, particularly after the
emergence of online social networks and media. In fact, the gap between two ends of social …