{"product_id":"social-digitalisation-persistent-transformations-beyond-digital-technology-paperback","title":"Social Digitalisation: Persistent Transformations Beyond Digital Technology - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eKornelia Hahn\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book shows how many previously contingent social processes have gradually been re-organised and transformed into entangled processes of 'discontinuance' and 'continuance' through the implementation of digital logic. Together with the necessary co-evolution of our collective digital literacy, this persistent process of transformation throughout modernity is theorised here as one of 'social digitalisation.' \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSocial digitalisation highlights the ways in which material digital technology, like preceding material technologies, has been fitted into\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003ethe longer term trajectory of digital transformation. This new social theory thus reverses\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eprevailing accounts of the 'digital revolution' that focus exclusively on changes allegedly caused by material digital technology in recent decades. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe book also demonstrates the fruitfulness of applying the theory of social digitalisation as a holistic approach in researching the wide-ranging consequences of contemporary digitalisation, including its contrasting effects on different social groups. It will be useful to students and researchers of sociology, communications, media and history, but also for general readers interested in understanding the overall complexity of digitalisation and how digital transformation has come to dominate the ways we live today. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"In a theoretical and empirical \u003ci\u003etour de force\u003c\/i\u003e, Kornelia Hahn demonstrates, contrary to the generally accepted view, that digitalization is neither something new nor is it limited to contemporary digital technology. Of key importance is her innovative theory of the relationship between social digitalization, the development of advanced digital culture, and the widespread increase in digital literacy.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e--\u003cb\u003eGeorge Ritzer\u003c\/b\u003e, Distinguished University Professor Emeritus, University of Maryland, USA\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Kornelia Hahn's thought-provoking book has radically changed my view on digital transformation, offering a genuinely fresh sociological approach that turns prevailing views on their head. '\u003ci\u003eSocial Digitalisation\u003c\/i\u003e' exemplifies the power of cultural analysis at its best. \"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e --\u003cb\u003eFrank Welz\u003c\/b\u003e, Former President of the European Sociological Association and Professor, University of Innsbruck, Austria\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book shows how many previously contingent social processes have gradually been re-organised and transformed into entangled processes of 'discontinuance' and 'continuance' through the implementation of digital logic. Together with the necessary co-evolution of our collective digital literacy, this persistent process of transformation throughout modernity is theorised here as one of 'social digitalisation.' \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSocial digitalisation highlights the ways in which material digital technology, like preceding material technologies, has been fitted into\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003ethe longer term trajectory of digital transformation. This new social theory thus reverses\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eprevailing accounts of the 'digital revolution' that focus exclusively on changes allegedly caused by material digital technology in recent decades. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe book also demonstrates the fruitfulness of applying the theory of social digitalisation as a holistic approach in researching the wide-ranging consequences of contemporary digitalisation, including its contrasting effects on different social groups. It will be useful to students and researchers of sociology, communications, media and history, but also for general readers interested in understanding the overall complexity of digitalisation and how digital transformation has come to dominate the ways we live today. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e​\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eKornelia Hahn\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of General Sociology and Sociological Theory and Chair of the Department of Sociology at the Paris Lodron University in Salzburg, Austria.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eKornelia Hahn\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of General Sociology and Sociological Theory and Chair of the Department of Sociology at the Paris Lodron University in Salzburg, Austria.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 300\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.67 x 8.27 x 5.83 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 24, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42719624855615,"sku":"9783030798697","price":233.26,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/c809a28c3a591bc50d7acaafb7888d16.webp?v=1765086294","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/social-digitalisation-persistent-transformations-beyond-digital-technology-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}