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Reframing Sociological Concepts for a Brave New (Virtual?) World *
Author(s) -
Cerulo Karen A.
Publication year - 1997
Publication title -
sociological inquiry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.446
H-Index - 51
eISSN - 1475-682X
pISSN - 0038-0245
DOI - 10.1111/j.1475-682x.1997.tb00428.x
Subject(s) - cognitive reframing , sociology , key (lock) , epistemology , intersection (aeronautics) , action (physics) , sociological theory , social science , media studies , computer science , social psychology , psychology , philosophy , computer security , quantum mechanics , engineering , aerospace engineering , physics
The articles that make up this Sociological Inquiry feature emerged from the 1995 meetings of the American Sociological Association. The authors included in this issue were expressly solicited for a special session on “Technologically Generated Communities.” The authors were asked to individually provide their own perspectives on the intersection of technology, community, and social action. My essay attempts to crystallize several key changes that the new communication technologies demand of conceptual frames long embraced by sociologists. In particular, the pages that follow propose some necessary adjustments to the ways in which sociologists formulate and apply three key analytic concepts: social interaction, social bonding, and empirical experience.