Mediated Society: Links

Links to the Social Sciences

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A place to look up ideas and writings from specific social scientists

SITE WHAT ABOUT IT

Communication, Culture, and Media Studies An excellent repository of summaries, definitions and links regarding three areas at the heart of Mediated Society. Alphabetized, by thinker, school and topic.

Communication Studies An all-purpose media and communication studies site. You can spend hours following the links and reading academic studies and opinions about a wide array of topics: from newspapers to TV to advertising to cyberculture to censorship.

Voice of the Shuttle Continually cited as one of the truly exceptional social scientific sites on the web, this has everything from cultural to media to communication studies. Clicking in on the links you'll learn many new things.

SocioSite An exceptional place to start a focused search of a topic or thematic area in sociology. Just find the area you are looking for in the index -- AIDS, anomie, gender, queer theory, you name it -- then follow the links.

Famous Sociologists Looking for a focused discussion of a particular thinker? -- Blumer, Cooley, Goffman, Mead? Here's an excellent place to start... a subpage from the folks who have produced the SocioSite (above).

Investigations in Sociology This page is written and maintained by students at the University of Chicago, in the Department of Society. Select from a table of contents that includes writings on various topics: classical theory, culture, gender, formal organizations, ethnicity, and more. The summaries are intended to provide both overview and introduction. They are not to be regarded as definitive.

Internet Culture Want to know more about the Internet -- its politics, economics, psychological effects, possibilities and dangers? Start on this page and, embematic of the web itself, follow the many links in the various directions it leads.

Semiotics Read about some key terms, the history, and applications of this central element of contemporay cultural studies. Meet the central players, even find out how you can become one at a conference or two.

Socio-Cultural Theory Mostly psychological and social psychological writings, with attention given to the role of context and education.

Dictionary of Critical Sociology Want to find a sociological term? Don't know what that word means? Check it here -- a searchable, alphabetized index of key words and ideas from the annals of sociology.

The SocioWeb Billed as the Independent source on the web for information on sociology. It is truly a clearinghouse for readings, thinkers, journals, conferences, chat, job ops.

Web Sociology and Social Informatics Dealing specifically with the sociology of the Internet, here is a good place to start in trying to understand social informatics, the coming societal organization, and its many effects.

World Lecture Hall Want to learn more about a specific topic -- like research methods, classical sociology, contemporary theory, social interaction, commnuication? Don't just take my word for it... see how other professors treat the topic in the World Lecture Hall.

Michel Foucault Just who was this guy Michel Foucault? And why was he so important. Start to figure that out here -- a page with excerpts, lectures, and analyses.

SITE	WHAT ABOUT IT
Communication, Culture, and Media Studies	*An excellent repository of summaries, definitions and links regarding three areas at the heart of Mediated Society. Alphabetized, by thinker, school and topic.*
Communication Studies	An all-purpose media and communication studies site. You can spend hours following the links and reading academic studies and opinions about a wide array of topics: from newspapers to TV to advertising to cyberculture to censorship.
Voice of the Shuttle	Continually cited as one of the truly exceptional social scientific sites on the web, this has everything from cultural to media to communication studies. Clicking in on the links you'll learn many new things.
SocioSite	An exceptional place to start a focused search of a topic or thematic area in sociology. Just find the area you are looking for in the index -- AIDS, anomie, gender, queer theory, you name it -- then follow the links.
Famous Sociologists	Looking for a focused discussion of a particular thinker? -- Blumer, Cooley, Goffman, Mead? Here's an excellent place to start... a subpage from the folks who have produced the SocioSite (above).
Investigations in Sociology	This page is written and maintained by students at the University of Chicago, in the Department of Society. Select from a table of contents that includes writings on various topics: classical theory, culture, gender, formal organizations, ethnicity, and more. The summaries are intended to provide both overview and introduction. They are not to be regarded as definitive.
Internet Culture	Want to know more about the Internet -- its politics, economics, psychological effects, possibilities and dangers? Start on this page and, embematic of the web itself, follow the many links in the various directions it leads.
Semiotics	Read about some key terms, the history, and applications of this central element of contemporay cultural studies. Meet the central players, even find out how you can become one at a conference or two.
Socio-Cultural Theory	Mostly psychological and social psychological writings, with attention given to the role of context and education.
Dictionary of Critical Sociology	Want to find a sociological term? Don't know what that word means? Check it here -- a searchable, alphabetized index of key words and ideas from the annals of sociology.
The SocioWeb	Billed as the Independent source on the web for information on sociology. It is truly a clearinghouse for readings, thinkers, journals, conferences, chat, job ops.
Web Sociology and Social Informatics	Dealing specifically with the sociology of the Internet, here is a good place to start in trying to understand social informatics, the coming societal organization, and its many effects.
World Lecture Hall	Want to learn more about a specific topic -- like research methods, classical sociology, contemporary theory, social interaction, commnuication? Don't just take my word for it... see how other professors treat the topic in the World Lecture Hall.
Michel Foucault	Just who was this guy Michel Foucault? And why was he so important. Start to figure that out here -- a page with excerpts, lectures, and analyses.