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The Inequality Regime of AI

Power, Allocation, and the Struggle for Justice

by Massimo Ragnedda, Maria Laura Ruiu ...

Series series Routledge Studies in New Media and Cyberculture
Does artificial intelligence (AI) empower humanity, or does it merely automate the stratifications of the past? In The Inequality Regime of AI, the authors offer a critical sociology of artificial power, arguing that AI represents a fundamental ontological shift in how social life is organized, valued, and governed.Moving beyond the traditional digital divide, this book introduces the concept of ... Read more

$61.99 USD

Does artificial intelligence (AI) empower humanity, or does it merely automate the stratifications of the past? In The Inequality Regime of AI, the authors offer a critical sociology of artificial power, arguing that AI represents a fundamental ontological shift in how social life is organized, valued, and governed.Moving beyond the traditional digital divide, this book introduces the concept of
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Mapping the Digital Divide in Africa

A Mediated Analysis

Edited by Bruce Mutsvairo, Massimo Ragnedda ...

Despite issues associated with the digital divide, mobile telephony is growing on the continent and the rise of smartphones has given citizens easy access to social networking sites. But the digital divide, which mostly reflects on one's race, gender, socioeconomic status or geographical location, stands in the way of digital progress. What opportunities are available to tame digital disparities? ... Read more

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Despite issues associated with the digital divide, mobile telephony is growing on the continent and the rise of smartphones has given citizens easy access to social networking sites. But the digital divide, which mostly reflects on one's race, gender, socioeconomic status or geographical location, stands in the way of digital progress. What opportunities are available to tame digital disparities?
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Digital-Environmental Poverty

Digital and environmental inequalities in the post-covid era

by Maria Laura Ruiu, Massimo Ragnedda ...

Series series Literature, Cultural and Media Studies (R0)
This book analyzes and understands the complexity of digital poverty by considering its intersecting nature with socioeconomic and environmental poverty. The rapid digital acceleration that has characterized contemporary society in recent decades, notably accelerated by the COVID-19 pandemic, has profoundly reshaped societal structures and dynamics. Our direction depends on how we integrate ... Read more

$116.99 USD

This book analyzes and understands the complexity of digital poverty by considering its intersecting nature with socioeconomic and environmental poverty. The rapid digital acceleration that has characterized contemporary society in recent decades, notably accelerated by the COVID-19 pandemic, has profoundly reshaped societal structures and dynamics. Our direction depends on how we integrate
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The Palgrave Handbook of Everyday Digital Life

Edited by Hopeton S. Dunn, Massimo Ragnedda, Maria Laura Ruiu, Laura Robinson ...

Series series Literature, Cultural and Media Studies (R0)
This comprehensive Handbook explores the multiple ways in which people experience digital life. It maps the transitions in human civilization generated by such digital technologies as the internet, mobile telephony, artificial intelligence, the metaverse, social media platforms and algorithms. It explores how the scarcity or abundance of digital affordances impacts access, governance and ... Read more

$215.09 USD

This comprehensive Handbook explores the multiple ways in which people experience digital life. It maps the transitions in human civilization generated by such digital technologies as the internet, mobile telephony, artificial intelligence, the metaverse, social media platforms and algorithms. It explores how the scarcity or abundance of digital affordances impacts access, governance and
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Enhancing Digital Equity

Connecting the Digital Underclass

by Massimo Ragnedda ...

Series series Literature, Cultural and Media Studies (R0)
This book highlights how, in principle, digital technologies present an opportunity to reduce social disparities, tackle social exclusion, enhance social and civil rights, and promote equity. However, to achieve these goals, it is necessary to promote digital equity and connect the digital underclass. The book focuses on how the advent of technologies may become a barrier to social mobility and ... Read more

$53.99 USD

This book highlights how, in principle, digital technologies present an opportunity to reduce social disparities, tackle social exclusion, enhance social and civil rights, and promote equity. However, to achieve these goals, it is necessary to promote digital equity and connect the digital underclass. The book focuses on how the advent of technologies may become a barrier to social mobility and
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Digital Inequalities in the Global South

Edited by Massimo Ragnedda, Anna Gladkova ...

Series series Literature, Cultural and Media Studies (R0)
This book discusses how digital inequalities today may lead to other types of inequalities in the Global South. Contributions to this collection move past discussing an access problem – a binary division between ‘haves and have-nots’ – to analyse complex inequalities in the internet use, benefits, and opportunities of people in the Global South region. Using specific case studies, this book ... Read more

$107.09 USD

This book discusses how digital inequalities today may lead to other types of inequalities in the Global South. Contributions to this collection move past discussing an access problem – a binary division between ‘haves and have-nots’ – to analyse complex inequalities in the internet use, benefits, and opportunities of people in the Global South region. Using specific case studies, this book
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Digital Capital

A Bourdieusian Perspective on the Digital Divide

by Massimo Ragnedda, Maria Laura Ruiu ...

Series series Emerald Points
Starting from the assumption that digital capital is a capital in its own right, and can be quantified and measured as such, the authors of this book examine how digital capital can be defined, measured and impact policy.Using the Bourdieusian lens, this book makes a critical contribution to the field by examining in depth the notion of digital capital and by introducing a new theoretical toolkit ... Read more

$39.39 USD

Starting from the assumption that digital capital is a capital in its own right, and can be quantified and measured as such, the authors of this book examine how digital capital can be defined, measured and impact policy.Using the Bourdieusian lens, this book makes a critical contribution to the field by examining in depth the notion of digital capital and by introducing a new theoretical toolkit
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Blockchain and Web 3.0

Social, Economic, and Technological Challenges

Edited by Massimo Ragnedda, Giuseppe Destefanis ...

Series series Routledge Studies in Science, Technology and Society
Blockchain is no longer just about bitcoin or cryptocurrencies in general. Instead, it can be seen as a disruptive, revolutionary technology which will have major impacts on multiple aspects of our lives. The revolutionary power of such technology compares with the revolution sparked by the World Wide Web and the Internet in general. Just as the Internet is a means of sharing information, so ... Read more

$65.99 USD

Blockchain is no longer just about bitcoin or cryptocurrencies in general. Instead, it can be seen as a disruptive, revolutionary technology which will have major impacts on multiple aspects of our lives. The revolutionary power of such technology compares with the revolution sparked by the World Wide Web and the Internet in general. Just as the Internet is a means of sharing information, so
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The Third Digital Divide

A Weberian Approach to Digital Inequalities

by Massimo Ragnedda ...

Series series Routledge Advances in Sociology
Drawing on the thought of Max Weber, in particular his theory of stratification, this book engages with the question of whether the digital divide simply extends traditional forms of inequality, or whether it also includes new forms of social exclusion, or perhaps manifests counter-trends that alleviate traditional inequalities whilst constituting new modalities of inequality. With attention to ... Read more

$68.99 USD

Drawing on the thought of Max Weber, in particular his theory of stratification, this book engages with the question of whether the digital divide simply extends traditional forms of inequality, or whether it also includes new forms of social exclusion, or perhaps manifests counter-trends that alleviate traditional inequalities whilst constituting new modalities of inequality. With attention to
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Digital Inclusion

An International Comparative Analysis

by Massimo Ragnedda, Gerard Goggin, Hamid Abdollahyan, Mahin Sheikh Ansari, Orit Ben-Harush, Anfan Chen, Lorenzo Dalvit, Christiana Hammond, Jianbin Jin, Hanna Kreitem0, Andrea Limberto1, Sue Malta2, Fanxin Meng3, Bianca C. Reisdorf4, Amit M. Schejter5, Lin Shi6, Noam Tirosh7, Norbert Wildermuth8, Raelene Wilding9, Colin Rhinesmith0, Kehbuma Langmia1, Bruce Mutsvairo2 ...

Series series Communication, Globalization, and Cultural Identity
The volume examines the risks and opportunities of a digital society characterized by the increasing importance of knowledge and by the incessant rise and pervasiveness of information and communication technologies (ICTs). At a global level, the pivotal role of ICTs has made it necessary to rethink ways to avoid forms of digital exclusion or digital discrimination. This edited collection comprises ... Read more

$97.19 USD

The volume examines the risks and opportunities of a digital society characterized by the increasing importance of knowledge and by the incessant rise and pervasiveness of information and communication technologies (ICTs). At a global level, the pivotal role of ICTs has made it necessary to rethink ways to avoid forms of digital exclusion or digital discrimination. This edited collection comprises
... Read more
The Digital Divide

The Internet and Social Inequality in International Perspective

Edited by Massimo Ragnedda, Glenn W. Muschert ...

Series series Routledge Advances in Sociology
This book provides an in-depth comparative analysis of inequality and the stratification of the digital sphere.Grounded in classical sociological theories of inequality, as well as empirical evidence, this book defines ‘the digital divide’ as the unequal access and utility of internet communications technologies and explores how it has the potential to replicate existing social inequalities, as ... Read more

$76.99 USD

This book provides an in-depth comparative analysis of inequality and the stratification of the digital sphere.Grounded in classical sociological theories of inequality, as well as empirical evidence, this book defines ‘the digital divide’ as the unequal access and utility of internet communications technologies and explores how it has the potential to replicate existing social inequalities, as
... Read more
Theorizing Digital Divides

Edited by Massimo Ragnedda, Glenn W. Muschert ...

Series series Routledge Advances in Sociology
Although discussion of the digital divide is a relatively new phenomenon, social inequality is a deeply entrenched part of our current social world and is now reproduced in the digital sphere. Such inequalities have been described in multiple traditions of social thought and theoretical approaches. To move forward to a greater understanding of the nuanced dynamics of digital inequality, we need ... Read more

$65.99 USD

Although discussion of the digital divide is a relatively new phenomenon, social inequality is a deeply entrenched part of our current social world and is now reproduced in the digital sphere. Such inequalities have been described in multiple traditions of social thought and theoretical approaches. To move forward to a greater understanding of the nuanced dynamics of digital inequality, we need
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