Blockchain and Web 3.0
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.
Massimo Ragnedda is a senior lecturer in mass communication at Northumbria University, Newcastle, UK.
Giuseppe Destefanis is a lecturer in the Department of Computer Science at Brunel University, UK.
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Contents
MASSIMO RAGNEDDA AND GIUSEPPE DESTEFANIS
PART I
Socio-economic aspects and consequences of decentralized technologies
SUNE SANDBECK, A.T. KINGSMITH, AND JULIAN VON BARGEN
GUIDO NOTO LA DIEGA AND JAMES STACEY
PHILIPPA R. ADAMS, JULIE FRIZZO-BARKER, BETTY B. ACKAH, AND PETER A. CHOW-WHITE
SCOTT FREEMAN, IVANA BEVERIDGE, AND JANNIS ANGELIS
BRONWIN PATRICKSON
PART II
Blockchain and digital media
WALID AL-SAQAF AND MALIN PICHA EDWARDSSON
BALAZS BODO AND ALEXANDRA GIANNOPOULOU
MATTHEW LOVETT
LUKE HEEMSBERGEN, ALEXIA MADDOX, AND ROBBIE FORDYCE
GUILLERMINA YANSEN
PART III
Technological aspects and consequences of decentralized technologies
JANET HUI XUE AND RALPH HOLZ
STPHANE DUCASSE, HENRIQUE ROCHA, SANTIAGO BRAGAGNOLO, MARCUS DENKER, AND CLMENT FRANCOMME
DARIO PULIGHEDDU, ROBERTO TONELLI, AND MICHELE MARCHESI
DUARTE TELES AND ISABEL AZEVEDO
FELIX HARTMANN, XIAOFENG WANG, AND MARIA ILARIA LUNESU
Guide
Betty B. Ackah is a PhD candidate in the School of Communication at Simon Fraser University. Her current research is on the social construction of blockchain technologies. She is particularly interested in the symbiotic relationship between blockchain and the social dynamics of the gender digital divide in Ghana. She has diverse research experience as a member of the School of Communications GeNA lab, and on projects funded by the IDRC, Ohio Universitys Tropical Disease Institute and UNICEF. She has an MA in international development studies, and another in Spanish language and culture, both from Ohio University.
Philippa R. Adams is a SSHRC Doctoral Scholar pursuing a PhD in the School of Communication at Simon Fraser University. Her research interests are in technology and society, including gender in social media, blockchain and popular culture. She holds a BA in political science from the University of Victoria and an MA in communication from Simon Fraser University. Philippa works as the Research Manager at the GeNA Lab where she manages a range of quantitative and qualitative research projects.
Walid Al-Saqaf (PhD) is Senior Lecturer at Sdertrn University, Sweden.
Jannis Angelis is an Associate Professor of Operations Strategy at Indek, Royal Institute of Technology (KTH), Sweden.
Isabel Azevedo holds a PhD in informatics engineering from the Faculty of Engineering University of Porto, Porto. She is an associate professor in the Department of Informatics Engineering of ISEP. Isabel Azevedo previously worked in the Documentation Service of Aveiro University and in the Faculty of Engineering of the University of Porto as a software and system programmer in the area of technological infrastructures.
Ivana Beveridge is currently finishing her PhD at the Sorbonne University. Over the past few years she taught a number of marketing courses at the Sorbonne as well as a number of business schools. Ivana is a partner with Sunrise International Education in Beijing. She has worked in international marketing practice in Asia, the Middle East, the US and Europe, with Naspers MIH Group, Edelman PR, Hill & Knowlton Strategies, Pennebaker and Labbrand.
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