Digital Labor (häftad)
Format
Häftad (Paperback / softback)
Språk
Engelska
Antal sidor
240
Utgivningsdatum
2022-06-24
Förlag
Polity Press
Dimensioner
210 x 149 x 20 mm
Vikt
350 g
Antal komponenter
1
ISBN
9781509545209

Digital Labor

Häftad,  Engelska, 2022-06-24
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While the working lives of tech entrepreneurs and delivery platform workers seem far removed, both are engaged in digital labor. What unites their experience and allows us to speak of their work under the same umbrella? Is it even possible to talk about digital labor as if it were a single form of work? Digital Labor explores these questions and critically examines the economics, politics, and experiences of workers in these new modes of employment. Using a novel definition of the term "digital labor," Kylie Jarrett explores unpaid user activity, platform-mediated gig work, and formal employment within the digital media industries, mapping the common features of these varied practices. Applying a critical Marxian lens, the book interrogates the structures of exploitation in this sector, the organisation of the labor process, the dynamics of alienation associated with this work, and the commodification of workers' lives. It also documents the struggle of digital laborers to resist the iniquities and inequalities of their working environments. Ultimately, the book identifies what is specific about this form of labor and, in doing so, offers insight into the nature of work as it is being reconstituted in digital capitalism. Synthesising an extensive range of studies and sources, Digital Labor offers a comprehensive overview and a rich critical appraisal of work in the high-tech economy. It is suitable for students and scholars of media and communication, sociology, labour studies, and anyone interested in emerging forms of work.
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"Kylie Jarrett provides a profound and indispensable analysis of digital labor. The book is an absolute must-read for everyone wanting to understand how labor has changed in the digital age." Christian Fuchs, author of Digital Labour and Karl Marx "In this clear-eyed, crisp meditation on the meaning of 'digital labor', renowned feminist media scholar Kylie Jarrett delivers a cogent, necessary intervention in what counts as work and value in a digital world." Mary L. Gray, co-author of Ghost Work

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Kylie Jarrett is Professor in the School of Information and Communication Studies at University College Dublin.

Innehållsförteckning

Acknowledgments 1 Defining Digital Labor 2 Exploitation: Digital Deeds Done Dirt Cheap 3 Process: Of Autonomy and Algorithms 4 Alienation: The Romance of Entrepreneurialism 5 Commodification: Affective Attachment and Inalienable Assets 6 Struggle: The Workers United(ish) 7 Conclusion: Digital Labor on the Edge Bibliography Index