Mirrored Spaces Social Inequality in the Digital Age

• Main Author: Scheffer, Jörg (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Wiesbaden Springer Nature 2024
• Series: Geographies of Media
• Subjects: Human geography; Social issues & processes; Sociology; Society & social sciences; Literature: history & criticism; Social Space; Digital Geographies; Social Reproduction; Filter Bubble; Digital Divide; Data Economy; Socio-economic inequality; Digitalization
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

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 curtail...