Mirrored Spaces
Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden GmbH (Verlag)
978-3-658-42792-4 (ISBN)
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 digitalisation. This book is an essential resource for researchers and students interestedin socio-economic inequalities, processes of digitalisation, and digital geographies.
lt;p>Jörg Scheffer is Associate Professor in Human Geography at the University of Passau. He has published and co-authored 12 books and numerous articles. His main research interests, in addition to digital geography and urban studies, are in social and cultural geography.
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.
| Erscheinungsdatum | 28.11.2023 |
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| Reihe/Serie | Geographies of Media |
| Zusatzinfo | XVII, 166 p. 10 illus., 9 illus. in color. |
| Verlagsort | Wiesbaden |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 148 x 210 mm |
| Gewicht | 370 g |
| Themenwelt | Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften ► Geografie / Kartografie |
| Schlagworte | Data economy • Digital Divide • digital geographies • Digitalization • filter bubble • open access • Social reproduction • Social Space • Socio-economic Inequality |
| ISBN-10 | 3-658-42792-2 / 3658427922 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-3-658-42792-4 / 9783658427924 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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