
This text connects to the media pedagogical discourse unfolded around the reproduction of socio economical inequalities in the context of school digitalization. Using the example of a certain vocational school department, our research deals with the question of how inclusion and exclusion are negotiated in a context of availability/unavailability of mobile devices beyond smartphones in school practices. Consequently, the article focusses on the social emergence of inclusion and exclusion. In order to approach this question theoretically, the text takes up Krotz’ deliberations towards mediatization processes, Helsper’s school culture theory and Hummrich’s concept of inclusion and exclusion, which is related to Helsper’s theory. In order to answer the raised research question empirically, the research focusses on in total five group discussions with teachers as well as students of a vocational school. The analysis uses the method of Objective Hermeneutics. The article identifies a social school practice with ostensible inclusive values but at the same time exclusionary logics of action. The text concludes with an outlook on the need of further research to examine this phenomenon more broadly.