Mubi Brighenti, Andrea,

Visibility in social theory and social research / Andrea Mubi Brighenti. - Basingstoke, Hampshire [England] ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2010. - vi, 214 p. ; 23 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 189-211) and index.

Visuality and Visibility
Pages 1-36
Visibility and Social Theory
Pages 37-70
Media Visibilities
Pages 71-90
New Media and Networked Visibilities
Pages 91-108
Visibility and the Public
Pages 109-127
Urban Visibilities
Pages 128-147
Surveillant Visibility
Pages 148-166
Visibility and Democracy
Pages 167-185
Conclusions
Pages 186-188
Back Matter
Pages 189-214

What is social visibility? How does it affect people and public issues? How are visibility regimes created, organized and contested? Tackling both social theory and social research, the book is an exploration into how intervisibilities produce crucial sociotechnical and biopolitical effects.
Keywords
democracy
network
New Media
research
social theory

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Visual sociology.
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