EAN: 9783658427924

GEOGRAPHIES OF MEDIA MIRRORED SPACES - JÖRG S...

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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