Authors: Salvatore Monaco Abstract This article contributes to the academic debate on the Metaverse as both an object and a tool of social research, analyzing its potential, critical aspects, and the broader transformations it introduces into the discipline. In particular, the paper examines the new sociological questions emerging from the spread of the Metaverse, considering […]
Authors: Angela Delli Paoli Abstract The paper aims to discuss the ethical challenges in netnography by highlighting the main dilemmas which develop around what counts as public versus private, whether treating digital data as texts or people’s representations, if referring to the authentic embodied self or its digital representation, when sacrificing accuracy to privilege ethics.
Delli Paoli A. On the ethics of social research in netnography Read More »
Authors: Caterina Ambrosio, Ciro Clemente De Falco Abstract In recent years, the discourse surrounding algorithms and artificial intelligence has been extensively addressed in the social sciences. The dimensions of algorithms discussed by social scientists are numerous, both in terms of themes and in the techniques and approaches used to study them, with the ANT perspective
Ambrosio C., De Falco C. Studying algorithms in social sciences: a systematic review Read More »