Mirrored Spaces Social Inequality in the Digital Age /
Scheffer, Jörg.
Mirrored Spaces Social Inequality in the Digital Age / [electronic resource] : by Jörg Scheffer. - 1st ed. 2024. - XVII, 166 p. 10 illus., 9 illus. in color. online resource. - Geographies of Media, 3005-0138 . - Geographies of Media, .
Introduction: Technological Competence and Social Change in a Spatial Perspective -- Stratification, Socialisation and Space -- Digital and Digitized Space as an Opportunity for Advancement -- Data-Based Utilisation Contexts -- Decontextualized data and socio-spatial differences -- Recursive Spaces -- Conclusion and Outlook.
Open Access
This open access book critically examines discussions on digitalisation and individual opportunities for socio-economic advancement. Contrary to the prevailing narratives of “digital empowerment” and opportunities for every individual, this book argues that digitalisation massively curtails social advancement opportunities, consolidating existing social relations. From a spatial perspective, Scheffer demonstrates how socially disadvantaged groups are faced with reproducing mechanisms as part of a new data economy. Surprisingly, the more intensively digital services are used, the more this happens. Building on Löw´s sociology of space and Bourdieu´s concept of habitus, this book shows how practices of social exclusion are transferred to the digital present in an innovative way. The image of “mirrored” spaces describes a new mechanism that explains social exclusion in the age of digitalization. This book is an essential resource for researchers and students interested in socio-economic inequalities, processes of digitalisation, and digital geographies.
9783658427931
10.1007/978-3-658-42793-1 doi
Human geography.
Social structure.
Equality.
Sociology, Urban.
Sociology.
Digital humanities.
Human Geography.
Social Structure.
Urban Sociology.
Sociology.
Digital Humanities.
GF
304.2
Mirrored Spaces Social Inequality in the Digital Age / [electronic resource] : by Jörg Scheffer. - 1st ed. 2024. - XVII, 166 p. 10 illus., 9 illus. in color. online resource. - Geographies of Media, 3005-0138 . - Geographies of Media, .
Introduction: Technological Competence and Social Change in a Spatial Perspective -- Stratification, Socialisation and Space -- Digital and Digitized Space as an Opportunity for Advancement -- Data-Based Utilisation Contexts -- Decontextualized data and socio-spatial differences -- Recursive Spaces -- Conclusion and Outlook.
Open Access
This open access book critically examines discussions on digitalisation and individual opportunities for socio-economic advancement. Contrary to the prevailing narratives of “digital empowerment” and opportunities for every individual, this book argues that digitalisation massively curtails social advancement opportunities, consolidating existing social relations. From a spatial perspective, Scheffer demonstrates how socially disadvantaged groups are faced with reproducing mechanisms as part of a new data economy. Surprisingly, the more intensively digital services are used, the more this happens. Building on Löw´s sociology of space and Bourdieu´s concept of habitus, this book shows how practices of social exclusion are transferred to the digital present in an innovative way. The image of “mirrored” spaces describes a new mechanism that explains social exclusion in the age of digitalization. This book is an essential resource for researchers and students interested in socio-economic inequalities, processes of digitalisation, and digital geographies.
9783658427931
10.1007/978-3-658-42793-1 doi
Human geography.
Social structure.
Equality.
Sociology, Urban.
Sociology.
Digital humanities.
Human Geography.
Social Structure.
Urban Sociology.
Sociology.
Digital Humanities.
GF
304.2