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Product Identifiers

PublisherPluto Press

ISBN-100745340180

ISBN-139780745340180

eBay Product ID (ePID)13050075574

Product Key Features

Number of Pages208 Pages

Publication NameGeographies of Digital Exclusion : Data and Inequality

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year2022

SubjectMedia Studies, Human Geography, Discrimination & Race Relations, Networking / Local Area Networks (Lans)

TypeTextbook

AuthorMartin Dittus, Mark Graham

Subject AreaComputers, Social Science

SeriesRadical Geography Ser.

FormatUk-Trade Paper

Dimensions

Item Height0.1 in

Item Weight9.3 Oz

Item Length0.8 in

Item Width0.5 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional

LCCN2022-300030

Reviews'Conceptually rich and well-illustrated, this is a valuable analysis of data power at the global scale'

Dewey Edition23

Number of Volumes1 vol.

IllustratedYes

Dewey Decimal305.02854678

Table Of ContentList of Figures Series Preface Acknowledgements 1. We All Are Digital Geographers 2. When the Map Becomes the Territory 3. Making Digital Geographies 4. A Geography of Digital Geographies 5. Digital Augmentations of the City 6. Who are the Map-Makers? 7. Information Power and Inequality 8. Towards More Just Digital Geographies Epilogue Appendix Reference tables Data sources Methodology for Chapter 5 Bibliography Index

SynopsisToday's urban environments are layered with data and algorithms that fundamentally shape how we perceive and move through space. But are our digitally dense environments continuing to amplify inequalities rather than alleviate them? This book looks at the key contours of information inequality, and who, what and where gets left out. Platforms like Google Maps and Wikipedia have become important gateways to understanding the world, and yet they are characterized by significant gaps and biases, often driven by processes of exclusion. As a result, their digital augmentations tend to be refractions rather than reflections: they highlight only some facets of the world at the expense of others. This doesn't mean that more equitable futures aren't possible. By outlining the mechanisms through which our digital and material worlds intersect, the authors conclude with a roadmap for what alternative digital geographies might look like., Today's urban environments are layered with data and algorithms that fundamentally shape how we perceive and move through space. But are our digitally dense environments continuing to amplify inequalities rather than alleviate them? This book looks at the key contours of information inequality, and who, what and where gets left out. Platforms like Google Maps and Wikipedia have become important gateways to understanding the world, and yet they are characterised by significant gaps and biases, often driven by processes of exclusion. As a result, their digital augmentations tend to be refractions rather than reflections: they highlight only some facets of the world at the expense of others. This doesn't mean that more equitable futures aren't possible. By outlining the mechanisms through which our digital and material worlds intersect, the authors conclude with a roadmap for what alternative digital geographies might look like.

LC Classification NumberHM821