This article outlines and contextualizes the development of digital sociology as an introduction to this e-special issue, charting the development of the field through the pages of the journal, Sociology. In doing so, the article sketches key contours of this rich and varied terrain, accenting how technological innovation has permeated the domains of politics, culture and society. Of central concern has been the intellectual origins of ‘digital sociology’. While first coined in 2009, the article highlights a longer history, noting the continued resonance of modernity’s currents of categorization, ordering and rationality while recognizing the crucial shifts brought by digitally mediated life. The article then discusses landmark articles contributing to the development of digital sociology, beginning with interventions seeking to theorize digital society. We then turn to articles focusing on methodological questions before addressing the digital turn in selected areas of enduring sociological concern including: work and organizations; inequality; migration; activism; communities; emotions; and everyday life. The article concludes with a series of observations regarding potential futures of digital sociological analyses.

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数字化社会学：互联网时代的延续与变革

本文概述了数字社会学的发展并对其进行了背景介绍，作为本电子特刊的介绍，通过社会学杂志的页面描绘了该领域的发展。在此过程中，文章勾勒出这个丰富多样的地形的关键轮廓，强调技术创新如何渗透到政治、文化和社会领域。中心关注的是“数字社会学”的知识渊源。这篇文章于 2009 年首次发表，强调了一段更长的历史，指出现代性的分类、秩序和理性潮流的持续共鸣，同时认识到数字化生活带来的关键转变。然后，文章讨论了有助于数字社会学发展的里程碑式文章，从试图将数字社会理论化的干预措施开始。然后，我们转向关注方法论问题的文章，然后再讨论持久社会学关注的选定领域的数字转向，包括：工作和组织；不等式; 移民; 激进主义；社区；情绪；和日常生活。本文最后对数字社会学分析的潜在未来进行了一系列观察。