Rudenko N.I. (2018) Where STS Meets the Digital: Methodology, Experiments, and Participation. Book Review of Marres N. (2017) Digital Sociology: The Reinvention of Social Research, Cambridge: Polity Press. Sociology of Power, 30 (3): 201-209.

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Abstract

In summary, Marres' work poses the problem of “awareness” in the use of digital methodology. The author calls into question all points of positivist-oriented digital social research and proposes a creative, critical approach. It is important to focus on the intrinsic nature of digital technology. Where STS meets a number: methodology, experimentation and participation and social relations, and their relationship should be studied experimentally. As a result, the work is valuable for all engages in digital research, whether applied, academic or participatory. For researchers in science and technology, this book is a reason to go beyond the “comfort zone” and try to apply STS-reflexive sensitivity to the research methodology and ontology of the digital world. In summary, Marres' work poses the problem of “awareness” in the use of digital methodology. The author calls into question all points of positivist-oriented digital social research and proposes a creative, critical approach.It is important to focus on the intrinsic nature of digital technology. Where STS meets a number: methodology, experimentation and participation and social relations, and their relationship should be studied experimentally.As a result, the work is valuable for allengages in digital research, whether applied, academic or participatory.For researchers in science and technology, this book is a reason to go beyond the “comfort zone” and try to apply STS-reflexive sensitivity to the research methodology and ontology of the digital world.