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Understanding Digital Societies provides a framework for understanding our changing, technologically shaped society and how sociology can help us make sense of it.

In combining a critical, philosophical approach with an expertly selected body of practical examples, the Second Edition of Chris Hart's landmark text provides both the intellectual understanding and the technical skills required to produce sophisticated, robust literature reviews of the very highest standard.

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