Emotions in a Digital World: Social Research 4.0

165 Pages·2023·12.451 MB·English

by  Adrian Scribano

EMOTIONS IN A DIGITAL WORLD
This book presents an introduction to strategies for qualitative digital social
research on emotions in a digital world.
The book emphasizes the connections that exist between emotional ecologies,
emotions as texts, and the virtual/mobile/digital world that brings us closer to
a hermeneutics of the practices of feeling. In the context of “Society 4.0”, the
book explores:
• Changes in the organization of daily life and work in virtual, mobile, and
digital environments.
• The impact of apps and social networks on sensations, emotions, and
sensibilities.
• Necessary changes in social research to employ the power of these apps and
networks for social enquiry.
As such, this book shares a set of social inquiry practices developed and applied to
capture and understand emotions today. It should be considered as a first step in a
long journey of exploring the close connections between sensibilities, emotions,
and social research methodology. The book will appeal to students and instruc-
tors of emotion studies from across the social sciences, including sociology, psy-
chology, organization studies, ethnography, history, and political science.
Adrian Scribano is Director of the Centre for Sociological Research and Studies
(CIES estudiosociologicos .o rg) and Principal Researcher at the National Scientific
and Technological Research Council, Argentina. He is also the Director of the Latin
American Journal of Studies on Bodies, Emotions and Society and the Study Group on
Sociology of Emotions and Bodies, in the Gino Germani Research Institute, Faculty
of Social Sciences, University of Buenos Aires. He also serves as Coordinator of the
26 Working Group on Bodies and Emotions of the Latin American Association
of Sociology (ALAS) and as Vice-President of the Working Group 08 Society and
Emotions of the International Sociological Association (ISA).

EMOTIONS IN A
DIGITAL WORLD
Social Research 4.0
Adrian Scribano
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First published 2023
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Names: Scribano, Adrián, author.
Title: Emotions in a digital world: social research 4.0 / Adrian Scribano.
Description: Abingdon, Oxon; New York, NY: Routledge, 2023. |
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2022041178 (print) | LCCN 2022041179 (ebook) |
ISBN 9781032334745 (hbk) | ISBN 9781032334554 (pbk) |
ISBN 9781003319771 (ebk)
Subjects: LCSH: Organizational change–Psychological aspects. |
Emotions–Social aspects.
Classification: LCC HD58.8.S43 2023 (print) |
LCC HD58.8 (ebook) | DDC 658.4/06–dc23/eng/20221011
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2022041178
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ISBN: 978-1-032-33474-5 (hbk)
ISBN: 978-1-032-33455-4 (pbk)
ISBN: 978-1-003-31977-1 (ebk)
DOI: 10.4324/9781003319771
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CONTENTS
List of Illustrations viii
Acknowledgements ix
Introduction: Emotions: Social Research 4.0 1
1 Bodies/Emotions and Virtual/Mobile/Digital Lifeworld 19
2 Instagram, Seeing to Believe: Soup Kitchen in Latin America 38
3 WhatsApp, Communicate, Register, Know: Argentinean
Social Conflict and the March of Hondurans to the USA 57
4 Politics and Love: Two Digital Ethnographies 76
5 Drones: A New Way to Observe the Sensibilities of Social
Interactions? 95
6 Digital Creative Experience: A Sensibility Capture Device 113
7 Towards an Epistemology of the Digital Research of Emotions 133
Index 151
ILLUSTRATIONS
Figures
6.1 Facundo (México) 124
6.2 Liliana (Argentina) 125
6.3 Juan Martin (Chile) 126
6.4 Claudia (Mexico) 128
6.5 Paula (Chile) 129
6.6 Emilio (Peru) 130
Table
3.1 Comparison of Instant Messaging Tools between
Social Media Platforms 62
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
I want to thank Emily Briggs, Mary Holmes, and Julie Brownlie for believing
in this project. I also want to thank Lakshita Joshi for the editorial assistance.
Finally, this book would not be the same without the invaluable assistance and
the enormous contribution of Florencia Chahbenderian.