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Theorising Digital Society: Symposium

Panel Discussion:  Evelyn Honeywill,  Nicola Johnson and myself. Chaired by  Deborah Lupton I attended a symposium convened by Deborah Lupton, Theorizing Digital Society , on Monday held at the University of Canberra. The twitter hashtag was #TDS15 for those who'd like to engage in the conversation around the symposium. Here is a collection of the tweets so far . There were a number of very interesting talks presented on the day. I particularly enjoyed the opening keynote speech by  Susan Halford  on the continuing importance of social theory in the world of big data and web science.  Evelyn Honeywill's paper on network character and broader psycho-social dynamics of  social media and  Jean Burgess and Ariadna Matamoro's paper on issue-networks and mapping techniques applied to the #gamergate controversy were also highlights for me.   My paper applied  Legitimation Code Theory  to  the knowledge practi...