Geographies of Digital Exclusion: Data and Inequality

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Mark Graham (Oxford Internet Institute) Martin Dittus (Oxford Internet Institute)

Geographies of Digital Exclusion

Data and Inequality

Mark Graham (Oxford Internet Institute), Martin Dittus (Oxford Internet Institute)

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English

Pluto Press
20 January 2022

Media studies; Social discrimination; Human geography; Digital lifestyle

Series: Radical Geography

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.

By: Mark Graham (Oxford Internet Institute), Martin Dittus (Oxford Internet Institute)
Imprint: Pluto Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 215mm, Width: 135mm, Spine: 16mm
Weight: 220g
ISBN: 9780745340180
ISBN 10: 0745340180
Series: Radical Geography
Pages: 208
Publication Date: 20 January 2022
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Mark Graham is Professor of Internet Geography at the Oxford Internet Institute, University of Oxford. His research focuses on information geographies and the difference that changing digital connectivities make at the world's economic margins.

Reviews for Geographies of Digital Exclusion: Data and Inequality

'Conceptually rich and well-illustrated, this is a valuable analysis of data power at the global scale' -- Prof. Rob Kitchin, Maynooth University 'An enlightening and accessible introduction to digital geographies and why they are important to our understanding of digital exclusion' -- Alex Singleton, Professor of Geographic Information Science, University of Liverpool