Digital Anthropology

Both Sociology and Anthropology focus upon “studying the behaviour of humans within their societies”[1]. “The key difference between the two social sciences is that sociology concentrates on society while anthropology focuses on culture.” Digital Anthropology focuses on the study of online culture, and also uses online digital media to observe general culture. Survey Respondent 11 suggested that Anthropology is a subject which is omitted from the WSSC subjects. (Phethean et al. 2016) state the following, reinforcing the association between ‘Anthropology’ and Web Science:

 “The Web’s impact on society, and vice versa, receive equal importance and focus. Sociology, politics, law, economics, and anthropology all provide invaluable contributions to the field and are fundamental in ensuring a holistic and societally beneficial analysis of the Web.”