Digital world

Connectivity, creativity and rights

Gillian Youngs

 

Introduction

Digital transformations are a major determinant in contemporary realities, and the speed and multiplicity of them, as well as the extent of their reach into all aspects of sociocultural and political economic existence, are uniquely challenging at every level of personal and public life.

The purpose of this chapter and collection is to map out the nature of this challenge and many of its subtleties in relation to shifts in governance and citizen engagement, activism and protest, market dynamics and structure, culture and creativity. This scope signals the fundamental implications of digital transformations across all areas of life. This chapter will undertake a discussion ...