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oapen-20.500.12657-861372023-12-13T11:32:38Z 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. 2023-12-13T10:36:42Z 2023-12-13T10:36:42Z 2024 book ONIX_20231213_9783658427931_31 9783658427931 9783658427924 https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/86137 eng Geographies of Media application/pdf n/a 978-3-658-42793-1.pdf https://link.springer.com/978-3-658-42793-1 Springer Nature Palgrave Macmillan 10.1007/978-3-658-42793-1 10.1007/978-3-658-42793-1 6c6992af-b843-4f46-859c-f6e9998e40d5 1b7a8188-95c2-4e7a-a6c2-42dd65105fdb 9783658427931 9783658427924 Palgrave Macmillan 166 Wiesbaden [...] Universität Passau University of Passau open access
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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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