Classical sociology meets technology
Doing independent large-scope research
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2305992 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Shaul A Duke (0000-0003-2670-480X, Ben-Gurion University, Israel, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2018 |
| Volume | 66 |
| Issue | 7 |
| Pages | 977-994 |
| Publication date | 2018-11-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Current Sociology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0011-3921 • E-ISSN: 1461-7064 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0011392117702428 |
| OpenAlex | W2607349102 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 45 |
During his short-lived but highly productive career, C Wright Mills put forth a vision for how sociology should be done. Two central directives can be gleaned from this vision: to tackle macro social theory issues by doing large-scope research; to achieve scholastic independence by doing non-administrative research. One might ask if Mills is sending scholars on a mission impossible. Analysing these two concepts in terms of both their merits and applicability, the present article indeed identifies a conflict between them, highlighted by what emerges as Mills' own failure to realize this vision. After deeming these directives worthy goals, the article seeks to determine whether technological advances in the social sciences have the potential to allow both directives to be fulfilled at once. What is shown is that while the technology is ripe to enable autonomous big studies, its implementation by institutional and individual agents severely impedes the vision's realization
Epistemology · Independence (probability theory) · Scope (computer science) · Sociology · Wright · Computer Science · Contemporary Sociological Theory and Practice · Management and Organizational Studies · scientometrics and bibliometrics research
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Theory and Progress in Social Science
The influence of the PSI directive on open government data
C. Wright Mills 50 Years On
Open Letter to C. Wright Mills
Two Styles of Research in Current Social Studies
C. Wright Mills
Perpetual Revelations
C. Wright Mills and the Politics of Truth
Collaboration, Reputation, and Ethics in American Academic Life
Digital Sociology
A Critique of Contemporary American Sociology
The sociological imagination
Three Eras of Survey Research
Visual sociology, documentary photography, and photojournalism
ImaginingThe Sociological Imagination
Big Data and historical social science
Social media and the social sciences
Facing Big Data
After the crisis? Big Data and the methodological challenges of empirical sociology
The "Plain Marxism" of C. Wright Mills
Sociology and Its Others
The Digital Revolution in Qualitative Research
C. Wright Mills, the Bureau for Applied Social Research, and the Meaning of Critical Scholarship
The politics of truth reconsidered
The speed and accuracy of voice recognition software-assisted transcription versus the listen-and-type method
Online petitions
New methods, old problems
Intellectual Closure
Memories of C. Wright Mills
The Coming Crisis of Empirical Sociology
The Professional Ideology of Social Pathologists
White collar from start to finish
| Unique citing works | 1 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,5 |
| Citation span | 2024 - 2024 (1) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |