There is a widespread perception that life is faster than it used to be. We hear constant laments that we live too fast, that time is scarce, and that the pace of everyday life is spiraling out of our control. The iconic image that abounds is that of the frenetic, technologically tethered, iPhone/iPad-addicted citizen. Yet weren't modern machines supposed to save, and thereby f...(展开全部)

The sociology of social change has always been the product of times of flux, and the unmatched dynamism of our period is already reflected in the revitalization of theories of change. Piotr Sztompka's aim in this volume is to take stock of and to reappraise the whole legacy of sociological thinking about change, from the classical to the contemporary, providing the intellectual...(展开全部)

狄波拉·勒普顿（Deborah Lupton），新南威尔士大学健康社会研究中心和社会政策研究中心教授，澳大利亚社会科学院院士。她拥有社会学、传媒和文化研究的多重学术背景，并在研究中结合了创新式的定性研究方法与社会文化理论。著有《数字社会学》《量化自我》《风险》等。她还是知名学 术博客“社会学生活”（This Sociological Life）的作者。 王明玉，清华大学社会学系博士研究生，研究方向为数字社会学、风险与社会治理。

We now live in a digital society. New digital technologies have had a profound influence on everyday life, social relations, government, commerce, the economy and the production and dissemination of knowledge. People’s movements in space, their purchasing habits and their online communication with others are now monitored in detail by digital technologies. We are increasingly b...(展开全部)

狄波拉·勒普顿（Deborah Lupton），新南威尔士大学健康社会研究中心和社会政策研究中心教授，澳大利亚社会科学院院士。她拥有社会学、传媒和文化研究的多重学术背景，并在研究中结合了创新式的定性研究方法与社会文化理论。著有《数字社会学》《量化自我》《风险》等。她还是知名学 术博客“社会学生活”（This Sociological Life）的作者。 王明玉，清华大学社会学系博士研究生，研究方向为数字社会学、风险与社会治理。

We now live in a digital society. New digital technologies have had a profound influence on everyday life, social relations, government, commerce, the economy and the production and dissemination of knowledge. People’s movements in space, their purchasing habits and their online communication with others are now monitored in detail by digital technologies. We are increasingly b...(展开全部)

In a crucial sense, all machines are time machines. The essays in Media Infrastructures and the Politics of Digital Time develop the central concept of hardwired temporalities to consider how technical networks hardwire and rewire patterns of time. Digital media introduce new temporal patterns in their features of instant communication, synchronous collaboration, intricate time...(展开全部)

In a crucial sense, all machines are time machines. The essays in Media Infrastructures and the Politics of Digital Time develop the central concept of hardwired temporalities to consider how technical networks hardwire and rewire patterns of time. Digital media introduce new temporal patterns in their features of instant communication, synchronous collaboration, intricate time...(展开全部)

In Rumor Psychology: Social and Organizational Approaches, expert rumor researchers Nicholas DiFonzo and Prashant Bordia investigate how rumors start and spread, the accuracy of different types of rumor, and how rumors can be controlled, particularly given their propagation across media outlets and within organizations. Rumors are an enduring feature of our social and organizat...(展开全部)