The Public and Their Platforms: Public Sociology in an Era of Social Media

Front Cover -- Series -- The Public And Their Platforms: Public Sociology In An Era Of Social Media -- Copyright Information -- Table Of Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Series Editors' Preface -- Introduction -- 1 Defining 'the Public' -- What/who Is 'the Public'? -- The Good, The Bad, And The Redeemable 'public' -- The Disappearance Of 'the Public' -- How To Rethink 'the Public' In Order To Revive It -- Becoming Citizens -- Practising Citizenship -- (re)making Public Space(s) -- 2 The History Of Platforms -- The Rise Of The (digital) Platform -- A Brief History Of Social Media Platforms Platform And Agency -- The Ideology Of Social Media -- The Reality Of Online Participation -- 3 Between Publics And Platforms -- Platforms And Their Publics -- Caught Between Publics And Platforms -- Publishers As Intermediaries -- The Divided Soul Of The Platform -- 4 Sociology And Its Platforms -- Reasons For Caution -- Rethinking Sociological Practice For Platforms -- Decentring Outputs -- Decentring Expertise -- Decentring Knowledge -- What Does This Mean For Public Sociology? -- 5 The Past, Present And Future Of Public Sociology -- The Past Of Public Sociology The Present Of Public Sociology -- Traditional Public Sociology -- Print Media -- Books -- Organic Public Sociology -- The Future Of Public Sociology -- 6 Making Sociology Public -- Social Media In Higher Education -- The Problems Of Platforms -- The Scholastic Disposition -- Forgetfulness O F Technics -- Building Platforms For Public Sociology -- 7 Making Platforms Public -- The Platform University -- The Epistemic Chaos Of Platform Capitalism -- The Contestation Of Research -- Public Sociology And Platform Governance -- 8 Assembling Public Sociology -- Sociology In Public What Is Public Sociology? -- What Is Public About Public Sociology? -- Who And What Is Its 'public'? -- What Is Public Sociology's Relationship To Its 'public'? -- Can Professional Sociology (ever) Be 'public'? -- The Digital Undercommons -- Public 'inter-lectuals' -- Notes -- References -- Index -- Back Cover Mark Carrigan And Lambros Fatsis. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Electronic Reproduction. Baltimore, Md Available Via World Wide Web.