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Society Now

Written by leading experts in their fields and publishing in shortform at 25k-50k words, titles in the series offer a thoughtful concise and rapid response to the major political and economic events and social and cultural trends of our time.

Fracking, drones, celebrity culture, the far right, post-truth society, inequality, obesity, clean eating, terrorism, hipsters, the dark net, the migrant crisis, and more – these all topics and issues affecting society now and represent both current and potential future books in the series.

Making the best of academic expertise accessible to a wider audience and making the complexities of each topic clear, SocietyNow explains why our world is the way it is now.

DOI
10.1108/sn

Editor
Katy Mathers

Series Copyright Holder:
Emerald Publishing Limited

Online start date
2017

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Book cover for TikTok and Youth Cultures
TikTok and Youth Cultures Available to Purchase
Crystal Abidin
https://doi.org/10.1108/978-1-80117-528-9
Book cover for The Politics of Nostalgia: Class, Rootlessness and Decline
The Politics of Nostalgia: Class, Rootlessness and Decline Available to Purchase
Simon Winlow
https://doi.org/10.1108/9781837535484
Book cover for Family Carers and Caring: What It’s All About
Family Carers and Caring: What It’s All About Available to Purchase
Alisoun Milne; Mary Larkin
https://doi.org/10.1108/9781800433465
Book cover for Digital Feudalism: Creators, Credit, Consumption, and Capitalism
Digital Feudalism: Creators, Credit, Consumption, and Capitalism Available to Purchase
David Arditi
https://doi.org/10.1108/9781804557662
Book cover for AI and Popular Culture
AI and Popular Culture Available to Purchase
Lee Barron
https://doi.org/10.1108/9781803823270
Book cover for Wellness Culture: How the Wellness Movement has Been Used to Empower, Profit and Misinform
Wellness Culture: How the Wellness Movement has Been Used to Empower, Profit and Misinform Available to Purchase
Stephanie Alice Baker
https://doi.org/10.1108/9781802624656
Book cover for Digital Humanism: A Philosophy for 21st Century Digital Society
Digital Humanism: A Philosophy for 21st Century Digital Society Available to Purchase
Christian Fuchs
https://doi.org/10.1108/9781803824192
Book cover for Communicating COVID-19: Everyday Life, Digital Capitalism, and Conspiracy Theories in Pandemic Times
Communicating COVID-19: Everyday Life, Digital Capitalism, and Conspiracy Theories in Pandemic Times Available to Purchase
Christian Fuchs
https://doi.org/10.1108/9781801177207
Book cover for Climate Emergency: How Societies Create the Crisis
Climate Emergency: How Societies Create the Crisis Available to Purchase
Mark Harvey
https://doi.org/10.1108/9781800433304
Book cover for Streaming Culture: Subscription Platforms and the Unending Consumption of Culture
Streaming Culture: Subscription Platforms and the Unending Consumption of Culture Available to Purchase
David Arditi
https://doi.org/10.1108/9781839827686
Book cover for Educating Tomorrow: Learning for the Post-Pandemic World
Educating Tomorrow: Learning for the Post-Pandemic World Available to Purchase
Chris Brown; Ruth Luzmore
https://doi.org/10.1108/9781800436602
Book cover for Cabin Fever: Surviving Lockdown in the Coronavirus Pandemic
Cabin Fever: Surviving Lockdown in the Coronavirus Pandemic Available to Purchase
Paul Crawford; Jamie Orion Crawford
https://doi.org/10.1108/9781800713529
Book cover for Food in a Changing Climate
Food in a Changing Climate Available to Purchase
Alana Mann
https://doi.org/10.1108/9781839827228
Book cover for A World Beyond Work?: Labour, Money and the Capitalist State between Crisis and Utopia
A World Beyond Work?: Labour, Money and the Capitalist State between Crisis and Utopia Available to Purchase
Ana Cecilia Dinerstein; Frederick Harry Pitts
https://doi.org/10.1108/9781787691438
Book cover for Disability and Other Human Questions
Disability and Other Human Questions Available to Purchase
Dan Goodley
https://doi.org/10.1108/9781839827044
Book cover for Tattoos and Popular Culture: Cultural Representations in Ink
Tattoos and Popular Culture: Cultural Representations in Ink Available to Purchase
Lee Barron
https://doi.org/10.1108/9781839092152
Book cover for The Politicization of Mumsnet
The Politicization of Mumsnet Available to Purchase
Sarah Pedersen
https://doi.org/10.1108/9781839094682
Book cover for Sex and Social Media
Sex and Social Media Available to Purchase
Katrin Tiidenberg; Emily van der Nagel
https://doi.org/10.1108/9781839094064
Book cover for The Olympic Games: A Critical Approach
The Olympic Games: A Critical Approach Available to Purchase
Helen Jefferson Lenskyj
https://doi.org/10.1108/9781838677732
Book cover for Digital Detox: The Politics of Disconnecting
Digital Detox: The Politics of Disconnecting Available to Purchase
Trine Syvertsen
https://doi.org/10.1108/9781787693395