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Mirrored spaces : social inequality in the digital age / by Jörg Scheffer

Wiesbaden : Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden [2024] ; Wiesbaden : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan [2024], 2024

1 Online-Ressource (XVII, 166 Seiten) : Illustrationen, Karten

Englisch

Open Access

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978-3-658-42793-1

978-3-658-42792-4 (ISBN der Printausgabe); 978-3-658-42794-8 (ISBN der Printausgabe)

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Digital Object Identifier (DOI): 10.1007/978-3-658-42793-1

Rechteinformation und Access Status: Open Access

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LOC-SH: Human geography. ; Social structure. ; Equality. ; Sociology, Urban. ; Sociology. ; Digital humanities.

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.

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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.