Reconstruction Of The Public Sphere In The Socially Mediated Age
by Takashi Kamihigashi /
2017 / English / PDF
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The aim of this book is to establish a basis for resolving the
various issues facing modern society by exploring the field of
Computational Social Science, which fuses the social and natural
sciences. Today, society is threatened by problems concerning the
environment, population growth, hunger and epidemics, all of
which could lead to the extinction of humankind. However,
attempting to resolve these issues is extremely difficult,
because of the complex, intertwined factors involved, and because
these issues are not just matters related to nature and the
environment but also to society.
The aim of this book is to establish a basis for resolving the
various issues facing modern society by exploring the field of
Computational Social Science, which fuses the social and natural
sciences. Today, society is threatened by problems concerning the
environment, population growth, hunger and epidemics, all of
which could lead to the extinction of humankind. However,
attempting to resolve these issues is extremely difficult,
because of the complex, intertwined factors involved, and because
these issues are not just matters related to nature and the
environment but also to society.In this book, we investigate this aporia of the social sciences
with the help of big data (which has gained considerable attention
in recent years) and techniques such as agent-based simulation. Our
aim is to resolve the complex system problems characteristic of the
present age. In this regard, the book focuses on specific issues
such as the reconstruction of public character in our
social-media-saturated modern lifestyle, the current state of
social capital, and the resultant social changes.
In this book, we investigate this aporia of the social sciences
with the help of big data (which has gained considerable attention
in recent years) and techniques such as agent-based simulation. Our
aim is to resolve the complex system problems characteristic of the
present age. In this regard, the book focuses on specific issues
such as the reconstruction of public character in our
social-media-saturated modern lifestyle, the current state of
social capital, and the resultant social changes.