Mirrored Spaces

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 a...

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Main Author: Scheffer, Jörg
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Springer Nature 2023
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description 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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spelling doab-20.500.12854ir-1319992025-03-21T01:30:46Z Mirrored Spaces Scheffer, Jörg Social Space Digital Geographies Social Reproduction Filter Bubble Digital Divide Data Economy Socio-economic inequality Digitalization bic Book Industry Communication::R Earth sciences, geography, environment, planning::RG Geography::RGC Human geography bic Book Industry Communication::J Society & social sciences::JF Society & culture: general::JFF Social issues & processes bic Book Industry Communication::J Society & social sciences::JH Sociology & anthropology::JHB Sociology bic Book Industry Communication::J Society & social sciences bic Book Industry Communication::D Literature & literary studies::DS Literature: history & criticism 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. 2023-12-14T04:16:22Z 2023-12-14T04:16:22Z 2023-12-13T10:36:42Z 2024 book ONIX_20231213_9783658427931_31 OCN: 1414476169 https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/86137 9783658427931 9783658427924 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/131999 eng Geographies of Media open access image/jpeg image/jpeg n/a n/a https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/86137/1/978-3-658-42793-1.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/86137/1/978-3-658-42793-1.pdf Springer Nature Palgrave Macmillan 10.1007/978-3-658-42793-1 10.1007/978-3-658-42793-1 9fa3421d-f917-4153-b9ab-fc337c396b5a Universität Passau 1b7a8188-95c2-4e7a-a6c2-42dd65105fdb 9783658427931 9783658427924 Palgrave Macmillan 166 Wiesbaden [...] open access
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Mirrored Spaces
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Digital Geographies
Social Reproduction
Filter Bubble
Digital Divide
Data Economy
Socio-economic inequality
Digitalization
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bic Book Industry Communication::J Society & social sciences::JF Society & culture: general::JFF Social issues & processes
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Social Reproduction
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