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Prostitution in the digital age: the case of Spain ArticlesInternetProstitutionSocial impact

Prostitution in the digital age: the case of Spain

  By Rubén Rodríguez Casañ, researcher in the IN3’s GlobaLS research group. In the last decade, prostitution has undergone a deep transformation resulting from the widespread use of smartphones and ubiquitous internet access. This is[…]

Rethinking Film History. Global, Digital and Gender Perspectives ArticlesHistoryInterdisciplinarity

Rethinking Film History. Global, Digital and Gender Perspectives

A decentralized, global film history There is certainly room to consider global perspectives in film studies and, more specifically, in relation to how global and digital approaches can help us to rethink film history. This[…]

Blockchain: applications beyond cryptocurrencies ArticlesResearch

Blockchain: applications beyond cryptocurrencies

By Cristina Pérez Solà & Víctor Garcia Font researchers of the IN3’s KISON group   In 2009, with the publication of the white paper Bitcoin: A Peer-to-Peer Electronic Cash System, an anonymous author, under the[…]

Providing help or informal care? The caring role of older adults ArticlesHealthOld Age

Providing help or informal care? The caring role of older adults

By Madelin Gómez-León, researcher at IN3’s Communication Networks and Social Change  Over the last century, one of the most significant changes in the population has been the unprecedented number of individuals reaching ages well into[…]

Chatbots are the key enabler of any eHealth initiative ArticlesHealthResearch

Chatbots are the key enabler of any eHealth initiative

The current pandemic has accelerated digital transformation in all sectors, including health. A huge number of digital health (or e-health) initiatives have proliferated and accelerated in the last couple of years. Broadly speaking, digital health[…]