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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[…]

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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[…]

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Transparency and digital literacy to combat political and affective polarization

Social and political polarization is one of the challenges facing contemporary societies. The Heurística association and the Tecnopolítica unit of the the UOC IN3 Communication Networks & Social Change (CNSC) research group organized the round[…]

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On the way to consolidating a feminist economy

The eighth edition of the well-known Congress of Feminist Economics (Congreso de Economía Feminista) will be held in Barcelona from 16 to 18 March 2023. This is a key event for strengthening the ties between[…]

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Ageism, loneliness and culture: How do older people learn to use new technologies?

Online meetings in the Diversity, Culture and Older People series were held in March and April this year (2022). The event was organized by Apropa Cultura, an organization of cultural programmers in Catalonia and the[…]