Digital Sociology Research Centre
Overview
At the Digital Sociology Research Centre, we approach our work and digital sociology not only by looking back at the changes that have already occurred but also by innovatively addressing the possibilities and scientific and social challenges presented by the radical transformations ahead of us.
We believe that this technological development cannot be understood independently of the social context and the examination of the changes it brings forth. Likewise, the understanding of society is incomplete without considering technology. Another distinction that is becoming obsolete is the artificial separation of the online and offline realms.
Digital sociology transcends disciplinary boundaries and specific areas of sociology. It follows social changes and is relevant to various spheres to different extents. Our approach is interdisciplinary because we consider the collaboration resulting from these factors not as a constraint but as an opportunity for understanding and developing new structures.
Our two major publications in the period were Tibor Dessewffy: Digitális szociológia 2019 [Digital Sociology 2019] and special issue of Metszetek [Cross-Sections – Social Science Journal] in 2021.
Our business collaboration includes Datalyze Research (digital social and market research), meet perspectives (service design) and IDEA Institute (social research).
Research group members
- Tibor DESSEWFFY, associate professor, head of the Research Group, Department of Social Psychology, ELTE, Faculty of Social Sciences, Budapest, Hungary
- Zsófia NAGY, PhD, researcher
- Daniel HEGEDUS, Doctoral Student, Doctoral School of Sociology, ELTE Faculty of Social Sciences, Budapest, Hungary
- Daniel VÁRY, MA, researcher
Keywords
digital sociology, social media, social aspects of digital technology
Outputs
Dessewffy, T. (2022). Weaponized longing. Appartenances & Altérités, (2).
https://doi.org/10.4000/alterites.319
Dessewffy, T., & Nagy, Z. (2021). Dreaming homogenous–power switches of history in public discourse in Hungary. Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, 47(18), 4189-4208.
https://doi.org/10.1080/1369183X.2020.1812277
Dessewffy, T. (2021). Breaking bad: The crisis of democracy in the age of digital culture. In The Condition of Democracy (pp. 165-180). Routledge.
Dessewffy, T., & Mezei, M. (2020). Fans and politics in an illiberal state. Transformative Works and Cultures, 32.
https://journal.transformativeworks.org/index.php/twc/article/download/1757/2383?inline=1
Dessewffy, T., Mezey, M., & Naszályi, N. (2019, June). Harry Potter or the Political Sorcerer’s Stone?. In ECSM 2019 6th European Conference on Social Media (p. 82). Academic Conferences and publishing limited.
Dessewffy, T., Nagy, Z., & Váry, D. (2017). Where are those better angels of our society? Subaltern counterpublics in Hungary during the refugee crisis. Bulletin of Science, Technology & Society, 37(2), 112-123.
https://doi.org/10.1177/0270467618783944
Dessewffy, T., & Vary, D. (2017). Fame, Fans and Facebook. Hungarian Celebrities and their Admirers. Intersections, 3(1).
Contact information (leader)
Tibor DESSEWFFY
associate professor
Department of Social Psychology
Faculty of Social Sciences, Eötvös Loránd University (ELTE)
dessewffy.tibor@tatk.elte.hu