Digital Cultures, Innovation Processes and Social Changes

This chapter focuses on the social and cultural changes affecting contemporary societies, with reference to technological innovation, software culture and emerging professional skills in the digital age. It presents an analysis of creativity and innovation processes, also recalling the languages of youth and the predisposition of new generations to interpret the signals of change. Digital technologies contribute to reconfiguring traditional categories, which means we interpret the world through new cultural, social and economic scenarios. These scenarios lead to the development of new knowledge and new professions, and these require new skills in order to address changes that are affecting both the present and future economy and the professional world.