Mirrored Spaces
In: Geographies of Media; (2024)
Online
E-Book
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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 digitalisation. This book is an essential resource for researchers and students interested in socio-economic inequalities, processes of digitalisation, and digital geographies.
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Mirrored Spaces
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Autor/in / Beteiligte Person: | Scheffer, Jörg |
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Quelle: | Geographies of Media; (2024) |
Veröffentlichung: | Wiesbaden: Springer Nature; Palgrave Macmillan, 2024 |
Medientyp: | E-Book |
Umfang: | 166 |
ISBN: | 978-3-658-42793-1 (print) ; 978-3-658-42792-4 (print) |
DOI: | 10.1007/978-3-658-42793-1 |
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