Geographies of digital exclusion data and inequality
"Today's urban environments are layered with data and algorithms that fundamentally shape how we perceive and move through space. Now that over half of humanity is connected to the internet, are our digitally dense environments continuing to amplify inequalities rather than alleviate them?...
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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London :
Pluto Press
2022.
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| Edición: | First published 2022 by Pluto Press |
| Colección: | Radical geography.
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| Acceso en línea: | Conectar con la versión electrónica |
| Ver en Universidad de Navarra: | https://innopac.unav.es/record=b46028900*spi |
| Sumario: | "Today's urban environments are layered with data and algorithms that fundamentally shape how we perceive and move through space. Now that over half of humanity is connected to the internet, 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 when space becomes digital. Platforms like Google Maps and Wikipedia have become important gateways to understanding the world. This book reveals how these platforms are characterised by significant gaps and biases, often driven by processes of exclusion. As a consequence, their digital augmentations tend to be refractions rather than reflections: they highlight only some facets of the world at the expense of others. However, 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." |
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| Notas: | Acceso de usuario ilimitado. Incluye apéndice. |
| Descripción Física: | 1 recurso electrónico (XIII, 194 páginas) : mapas |
| Formato: | Forma de acceso: World Wide Web. |
| Bibliografía: | Incluye referencias bibliográficas (páginas [175]-188) e índice. |
| ISBN: | 9781786807410 9781786807427 |
