Interdisciplinarity
Rosa Borge: «Decidim allows for mass public participation»
Spain’s 15-M movement caused political upheaval that led, firstly, to the creation of new political parties and, secondly, to the development of public participation tools designed to foster a more direct, participatory and deliberative form[…]
WhatsApp and the mediation of personal relatioships during the first wave of COVID-19 pandemic
By Marc Esteve Del Valle. He is an assistant professor in the Department of Media and Journalism Studies at the University of Groningen (Netherlands) and an external associate researcher in the Communication Networks & Social[…]
The Network Society Today: (Revisiting) Manuel Castells’ Information Age Trilogy
Publication of The Network Society Today special issue By Mireia Fernández-Ardèvol, researcher from Communication Networks & Social Change (CNSC) IN3 research group. Her main area of study is Mobile Communication since combined with sociological and[…]
Desired immobility and hypermobility
Gig economy in highly skilled tasks: the invisible link with migration patterns, desired immobility, and hypermobility By Alisa Petroff, postdoctoral researcher at the IN3 research group Gender and ICT (GenTIC). Petroff has developed a research[…]
The effects of mass surveillance
The “Data Society Research Seminar: Behind Data and Algorithms – Actors, logics and cultures behind digital technologies” took place last week on 16 June at Malmö University. There to speak at the event were Andrea[…]