Have you ever wondered what the metaverse, the blockchain, cryptocurrencies, NFTs, DeFi, and virtual reality are? Do these words even mean anything to you? Are they likely to ever impact your life? Well, this is what this book sets out to explore. If you’ve heard these words before but they intimidate you, you’ve come to the right place: THE NEW DIGITAL REVOLUTION FOR BEGINNERS This book is a full guide of the new digital revolution that will forever change the way we experience the internet, from participating in digital live events to decentralized finance that allows users to invest freely without the intervention of middlemen. Imagine a new internet in which you can participate fully immersed in new business models and types of investment, including investing in works of art that are fully online. So, what is this book about? Some of the topics include: The digital realms of the Metaverse with their considerations and technologies The evolution of the internet, from Web 1.0 to Web 4.0, and how that affects you The blockchain and its future Cryptocurrencies and the role they play in the metaverse NFTs and how they affect the way you can make investments Decentralized finance (DeFi) and its advantages How virtual and augmented reality play a key role in the metaverse … and A LOT MORE! If you have always wanted to learn how the latest technologies work but were afraid to get started because of the sheer scope of this field, this book will clarify it all for you!

Concerning the changing shape of the university, this book sets out the social, historical and philosophical aspects of the current digital transformation of education.

Digital technology is a new force that is driving massive changes in the insurance sector. Digital insurance companies, otherwise known as InsurTech companies, are transforming the digital insurance landscape by offering ground-breaking insurance products through innovations. As digital transformation continues to change the way businesses operate and offer products and services to their customers, insurance industry is also getting reshaped by technology. While shopping for insurance policies, customers are looking for a personalised experience. Insurers are able to harness the results of AI to customize unique experiences for customers. For insurers, the changing landscape of insurance has led to a flurry of technological advancements in the industry. New digital technologies are changing the way customers interact with insurers.

Europe's Digital Revolution assesses the impact of digital broadcasting on regulatory practices in Europe. The current roles and responsibilities of nation states and the EU will have to respond to rapid technological and market developments. Levy considers how these responsibilities are likely to be divided in the future, and which are the emerging issues and problems.

This title was first published in 2000. This text examines the politics of the digital age, looking at topics including new industrial policies, the implications of the Internet and global governance of innovation.

Pharmaceutical Care in the Digital Revolution: Blending Digital with Human Innovation, Second Edition provides readers with an updated view on how to use technology to improve pharmaceutical care (PC) and enhance drug outcomes with digital tools. Organized into four parts, including Global Healthcare Systems Under Pressure, Digital Advances to Innovate Pharmaceutical Care Journeys, Conditions to Drive Combinatoric Pharma-Digital Innovation, and What to do Tomorrow as a Pharmaceutical Care Leader, the book further examines digital developments that will optimize the PC process and prepare stakeholders for a dynamic future that will optimize the life of patients against a sustainable cost model. This edition also discusses recent advances in the digital health arena that will change the way we approach healthcare and prevention while also providing interactive links to lectures and technologies, tutorials on how to implement advances in your own working environment, and examples of pharmacists who are successful in building synergy between digital and pharma. - Teachers readers about new advances in digital health technology - Provides updated insights on future pharmaceutical care and how to implement essential conditions to create the best outlook for patients - Includes updated access links and QR codes as educational material for the book

'A must-read to anyone interested in the digital world.' - Valérie Schafer, Center for Contemporary and Digital History, University of Luxembourg A concise history of the digital revolution and the lore, rhetoric, and debates that surround it. The Digital Revolution aims to tell a story, one of the most powerful ideologies of recent decades: that digitalization constitutes a revolution, a break with the past, a radical change for the human beings who are living through it. The book aims to investigate the origins of this idea, how it evolved, which other past revolutions consciously or unconsciously inspired it, which great stories it has conveyed over time, which of its key elements have changed and which ones have persisted and have been repeated in different historical periods. All these discussions, large or small, have settled and condensed into a series of media, advertising, corporate, political, and technical sources. Readers will be introduced to new, previously unpublished historical sources. The main aim of the book is to deconstruct what looks like a “natural” and incontestable idea and to help rethink digital societies today.

This book offers an important reconsideration of teaching, learning and research in media studies, and provides an overview of some of the key issues, controversies and debates in the field. It argues that, in spite of critical interventions from scholars working both within and outside of media studies, many academics have been slow to respond to the ongoing shifts and transformations in digital media in terms of curriculum design and course content. The book critically engages with and reassesses issues and debates in teaching and learning in the field of media studies in light of wide-scale shifts incurred by digital media, and asks “is media studies still relevant as a subject in its current form?” This book will be of interest to undergraduate and postgraduate students of media studies, media education, cultural studies and popular culture.

The final section considers the political ramifications of information technology for critical societal debates ranging from privacy to intellectual property. The contributors to the book map out how the digital revolution shakes up politics, creating new economic and political winners and losers. In order to do so, they connect theories of political economy to the implications of digital technology for international as well as national markets.Attempts to construct a framework for analyzing the international digital era: one that examines the ability of political actors to innovate and experiment in spite of, or perhaps because of, the constraints posed by digital technology. This book examines the reaction of nations to the dual challenges of globalization and technological change.How do high wage countries stay rich in a global digital economy? "How Revolutionary was the Revolution" constructs a framework for analyzing the international digital era: one that examines the ability of political actors to innovate and experiment in spite of, or perhaps because of, the constraints posed by digital technology. In order to assess the revolutionary nature of the digital era, this book takes four overlapping approaches. First, it examines the reaction of nations, specifically Finland, Japan, and emerging markets, to the dual challenges of globalization and technological change. This section identifies both successful and failed national experiments intended to deal with these dual pressures. Second, it assesses corporate attempts to leverage digital technology to reorganize work. A broad range of issues including off-shoring, open source production systems, and knowledge management are addressed. Third, devoting detailed analysis to the case of mobile telephones, the book offers insights into the political economy of market evolution in the digital era.