Welcome to the University of Minnesota Press’s Library of Open-Access Titles

The University of Minnesota Press presents a selection of newly published and classic books within our sociology list. The projects below bring together full texts and samples to scroll through, provide you a link to purchase a copy, or request a desk or exam copy for classroom use.

This collection of sociology books coincides with the virtual American Sociological Association annual conference and we are offering a 40% discount on these titles when using promo code MN86850 on our website.

Sale expires November 1, 2020.

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Electronically mediated communication has established lasting and significant changes in society and culture, politics and economics, thinking and being. From the development, adoption, and now international ubiquity of the Internet to virtual reality technologies, the mainstream popularity of video games, the genre of literary hypertexts, and a proliferation of digital art and other new media art forms, technology has infused everyday life and all aspects of our interaction, communication, and expression. The books in this series explore the humanistic and social implications of these new technologies.

Forerunners is a thought-in-process series of breakthrough digital works. Written between fresh ideas and finished books, Forerunners draws on scholarly work initiated in notable blogs, social media, conference plenaries, journal articles, and the synergy of academic exchange.