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Connectivity justice: A new concept for the post-digital society
Karlstad University, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences (starting 2013), Department of Geography, Media and Communication (from 2013).ORCID iD: 0000-0002-6121-645x
Karlstad University, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences (starting 2013), Department of Geography, Media and Communication (from 2013).ORCID iD: 0000-0002-8504-5691
Karlstad University, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences (starting 2013), Department of Geography, Media and Communication (from 2013).ORCID iD: 0000-0002-6309-2315
Karlstad University, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences (starting 2013), Department of Geography, Media and Communication (from 2013).ORCID iD: 0000-0002-8933-9515
2026 (English)In: Media Culture and Society, ISSN 0163-4437, E-ISSN 1460-3675Article in journal (Refereed) Epub ahead of print
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This theoretical commentary introduces the concept of connectivity justice and discusses how it can be utilized in research on mobile, digitally reliant lives. Connectivity justice reframes questions of mobility and data justice for a post-digital world in which digital connections have become both indispensable and intrusive. The concept extends recent work on digital disconnection by examining the institutional and sociotechnical drivers of connectivity (in)justice, such as state actors, tech industry, labor conditions, and cultural norms, rather than individual-level correlates alone. By combining the capabilities approach with a feminist ethics of care, connectivity justice highlights that justice today involves not only equitable access to infrastructures but also the relational capacity to connect well, to engage, withdraw, and sustain digital life responsibly. This lens opens new directions for mobilities research, and beyond, inviting analyses of how digital infrastructures, labor platforms, and everyday practices shape people's freedoms to move, communicate, and care. In doing so, it bridges normative and empirical inquiry, providing a vocabulary for understanding justice as an evolving balance between autonomy and interdependence within networked societies.

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Sage Publications, 2026.
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capabilities, connectivity, data justice, digital disconnection, digitalization, governance, infrastructure, mobile platforms, mobility justice, mobilities
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Media and Communications
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Media and Communication Studies
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URN: urn:nbn:se:kau:diva-111922DOI: 10.1177/01634437261470730ISI: 001829275400001Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-105046225051OAI: oai:DiVA.org:kau-111922DiVA, id: diva2:2091005
Available from: 2026-08-10 Created: 2026-08-10 Last updated: 2026-08-14Bibliographically approved

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