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 …

A new vision of money as a communication technology that creates and sustains invisible--
often exclusive--communities" In an engaging and timely work, brimming with fascinating …

In this article, we focus on the growing evidence of unintended harmful societal effects of
automated algorithmic decision-making in transformative services (eg social welfare …

This article argues that sociotechnical imaginaries, defined as collectively held,
institutionally stabilized, and publicly performed visions of desirable sociotechnical futures …

This paper draws upon the example of High-Cost Short-Term Credit products accessed via
digital interfaces and devices to examine practices of interface design and the operation of …

Academic interest in cycling has burgeoned in recent years with significant literature relating
to the health and environmental benefits of cycling, the necessity for cycle-specific …

Digital interfaces, in the form of websites, mobile apps and other platforms, now mediate
user experiences with a variety of economic, cultural and political services and products. To …

Money is an 'instrument of collective memory'before it is a means of exchange, a unit of
account or a store of value. Money's status as a memory technology is particularly significant …

Critical social scientific research holds that credit–debt is a principal economic and
governing relation in contemporary economy and society, but largely neglects money's role …

While critical marketing studies have discussed algorithm-driven marketing's role in
governmentality, subjectivity formation and capitalist accumulation, its role in shaping class …