Master of Science - Digital Sociology

The University of Edinburgh sociology department is the UK’s top-ranked department for sociological research.

This program will provide students with a rigorous introduction to the sociological study of digital society and digital culture. They will be introduced to the core theoretical and methodological issues that arise when sociologists investigate the increasing prevalence of digital technology, digital infrastructure, and data production, capture, and analysis in everyday life. The program will also allow them to study the very social conditions (economic, political, and cultural) that give rise to such technologies and their circuits of power.

On this program students may take up the following specialized topics, including (but not limited to):