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Social theory and the politics of big data and method

Frade, C

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This article is an intervention in the debate on big data. It seeks to show, firstly, that behind the wager to make sociology more relevant to the digital there lies a coherent if essentially unstated vision and a whole stance which are more a symptom of the current world than a resolute endeavour to think that world through; hence the conclusion that the perspective prevailing in the debate lacks both the theoretical grip and the practical impulse to initiate a much needed renewal of social theory and sociology. Secondly, and more importantly, the article expounds an alternative view and shows by thus doing that other possibilities of engaging the digital can be pursued. The article is thus an invitation to widen the debate on big data and the digital and a call for a more combative social theory.

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Frade, C. (2016). Social theory and the politics of big data and method. Sociology, 50(5), 863-877. https://doi.org/10.1177/0038038515614186

Journal Article Type Article
Acceptance Date Sep 22, 2015
Online Publication Date Oct 4, 2016
Publication Date Oct 1, 2016
Deposit Date Oct 1, 2015
Publicly Available Date Oct 6, 2016
Journal Sociology
Print ISSN 0038-0385
Electronic ISSN 1469-8684
Publisher SAGE Publications
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 50
Issue 5
Pages 863-877
DOI https://doi.org/10.1177/0038038515614186
Publisher URL http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0038038515614186
Related Public URLs http://www.seek.salford.ac.uk/profiles/CFRADE.jsp
http://soc.sagepub.com/

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