Dmitry Kurakin 1, 2
Public opinion survey as an "epistemology engine": cyberpunk styled sociology
2009,
vol. 8,
No. 3,
pp. 92–101
[issue contents]
The paper deals with contemporary sociology methodological mainstream in a critical way. Theoretical substance of the approach is sociology of technology. Public opinion survey methodology and practice are interpreted as an epistemology engine, which influences upon survey hypotheses and results in an implicit way. The consistency of survey methodology to underlying social theory is under request, and the principle of such a consistency assessment is presented.
Keywords:
sociology of technology;
epistemology engine;
root metaphor;
inforamation theory of communication;
public opinion survey
Citation:
Kurakin Dmitry Yur'evich (2009) Massovye oprosy kak «epistemicheskaya mashina»: sotsiologiya v stile «kiberpank» [Public opinion survey as an "epistemology engine": cyberpunk styled sociology] The Russian Sociological Review, 3, pp. 92-101 (in Russian)
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