Scheffer, Jörg <br/><br/>
Mirrored Spaces  Social Inequality in the Digital Age 

 - Wiesbaden  Springer Nature  2024 
 - 1 electronic resource (166 p.) 
 - Geographies of Media .
<br/><br/> Open Access 
<br/><br/> 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. 
<br/><br/><br/>Creative Commons 
<br/><br/><br/>English 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>978-3-658-42793-1 9783658427931 9783658427924 
<br/><br/><label>Standard No.: </label>10.1007/978-3-658-42793-1  doi 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Human geography<br/>Social issues & processes<br/>Sociology<br/>Society & social sciences<br/>Literature: history & criticism
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Index Terms: </label>Social Space Digital Geographies Social Reproduction Filter Bubble Digital Divide Data Economy Socio-economic inequality Digitalization