The blending of offline and online interaction has led many to talk about a “digital society” within which human and nonhuman actors coexist, and social media becomes a battlefield for culture wars. The contours of this “digital society”, however, are still to be questioned.

In this workshop we will discuss some of the most interesting, cutting-edge research on the emergent “digital society”. How do we interpret key events and issues concerning the “digital society”? What are the critical aspects that pertain to its emergence? What are the new frontiers of exploration for researching societal issues in the digital era?

This workshop is free to attend, booking is not required. Provisional schedule below.

Programme

13.30: Introduction

13.45: Keynote 1: Kate Devlin (King’s College London)

14.40 – 15.40pm: Panel 1 - Digital Sociality: Alessandro Caliandro (University of Bath), Sophie Bishop (King’s College London), Daniel Chavez Heras (King’s College London)

15.40 – 16.00pm: Coffee break

16.00 – 17.00: Panel 2: Roundtable - Digital Methods for the Digital Society, Alessandro Gandini, Alessandro Caliandro, Jonathan Gray and others

17.00 – 17.45: Final keynote - 'Content Moderation: Assemblages of Silence on Social Media': Ysabel Gerrard (University of Sheffield)

17.45 – 18.00: Concluding remarks