[Commlist] New Book: Blockchain and Web 3.0. Social, Economic, and Technological Challenges

*Out now*

Massimo Ragnedda and Giuseppe Destefanis (eds) /Blockchain and Web 3.0. 
Social, Economic, and Technological Challenges/. Routledge

*Description*

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 blockchain 
technologies can be seen as a way to introduce the next level: sharing 
value.

/Blockchain and Web 3.0 /fills the gap in our understanding of 
blockchain technologies by hosting a discussion of the new technologies 
in a variety of disciplinary settings. Indeed, this volume explains how 
such technologies are disruptive and comparatively examines the social, 
economic, technological and legal consequences of these disruptions. 
Such a comparative perspective has previously been underemphasized in 
the debate about blockchain, which has subsequently led to weaknesses in 
our understanding of decentralized technologies.

Underlining the risks and opportunities offered by the advent of 
blockchain technologies and the rise of Web 3.0, /Blockchain and Web 3.0 
/will appeal to researchers and academics interested in fields such as 
sociology and social policy, cyberculture, new media and privacy and 
data protection.

More details here: 
https://www.routledge.com/Blockchain-and-Web-30-Social-Economic-and-Technological-Challenges/Ragnedda-Destefanis/p/book/9780367139841

Read the first two chapters on Google Book: 
https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=IHKhDwAAQBAJ&lpg=PP1&pg=PP1&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q&f=false

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*Massimo Ragnedda* <http://northumbria.academia.edu/MassimoRagnedda>

Senior Lecturer in Mass Communication

Squires Building 306f, Northumbria University, NE8 1ST  Newcastle (UK) 
__Tel: 01912437444

Visiting Professor at the Faculty of Journalism, Lomonosov Moscow State 
University <http://www.journ.msu.ru/eng/news/27610/>

*Most recent books:*

Bruce Mutsvairo and Massimo Ragnedda eds (2019) Mapping the Digital 
Divide in Africa. A Mediated Analysis. 
<https://www.aup.nl/en/book/9789462986855/mapping-the-digital-divide-in-africa> Amsterdam 
University Press

Massimo Ragnedda and Bruce Mutsvairo, eds (2018)*Digital Inclusion. An 
International Comparative Analysis 
<https://rowman.com/ISBN/9781498562126/Digital-Inclusion-An-International-Comparative-Analysis>*, 
Lexington Books.

Massimo Ragnedda and Glenn Muschert, eds (2018) /Theorizing Digital 
Divide/ <http://bit.ly/2y9WSLm>, Routledge

Massimo Ragnedda (2017) /The Third Digital Divide: A Weberian approach 
to digital inequalities/ <http://bit.ly/2f8FObg>, Routledge.

*Latest articles:*

Massimo Ragnedda, Maria Laura Ruiu and Felice Addeo (2019), Measuring 
Digital Capital: an empirical investigation, New Media and Society

Massimo Ragnedda (2018) Conceptualizing Digital Capital 
<https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0736585318309316?via%3Dihub>, 
Telematics and Informatics

Vice chair of Digital Divide Working Group, IAMCR 
<https://iamcr.org/s-wg/working-group/DID>

Co-convenors of NINSO (Northumbria Internet and Society Research Group 
<https://www.northumbria.ac.uk/about-us/academic-departments/northumbria-law-school/law-research/ninso-the-northumbria-internet-and-society-research-interest-group/>)


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