The gig economy : workers and media in the age of convergence /: workers and media in the age of convergence. (2021)
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- Book
- Title:
- The gig economy : workers and media in the age of convergence /: workers and media in the age of convergence. (2021)
- Main Title:
- The gig economy : workers and media in the age of convergence
- Further Information:
- Note: Edited by Brian Dolber, Michelle Rodino-Colocino, Chenjerai Kumanyika, Todd Wolfson.
- Editors:
- Dolber, Brian
Rodino-Colocino, Michelle
Kumanyika, Chenjerai
Wolfson, Todd, 1972- - Contents:
- Introduction: The Gig Economy: Workers and Media in the Age of Convergence Michelle Rodino-Colocino, Todd Wolfson, Brian Dolber, Chenjerai Kumanyika History: We Were Always Gig Workers Chapter 1 Behind the Wheel and in the Streets: Technological Transformation, Exit, and Voice in the New York City Taxi Industry Hannah Johnston, Queen’s University Chapter 2 More than a Gig?: Ridehailing in Los Angeles County Tia Koonse, Lucero Herrera, Saba Waheed, Janna Shadduck-Hernández, Ana Luz Gonzalez-Vasquez and Kean Flowers University of California, Los Angeles, Center for Labor Research and Education Chapter 3 Care in the Platform Economy: Interrogating the Digital Organisation of Domestic Work in India Ambika Tandon and Aayush Rathi, Centre for Internet and Society Chapter 4 Sex Work/Gig Work: A Feminist Analysis of Precarious Domina Labor in the Gig Economy Lauren Levitt, University of Southern California Ideology: Thinking Like a Gig Economist Chapter 5 "The Future Demands we All become Prolific Artists": Cultural Ideals of Gig Work in Popular Management Literature Juhana Venäläinen, University of Eastern Finland Chapter 6. "Uber for Radio?" Professionalism and Production Cultures in Podcasting John L. Sullivan, Muhlenberg College Chapter 7. Good People "Belong Anywhere": Airbnb’s Emerging Neofascism Brian Dolber, California State University San Marcos and Christina Ceisel, California State University, Fullerton Chapter 8 "Uber" University and Labor Recomposition: Notes onIntroduction: The Gig Economy: Workers and Media in the Age of Convergence Michelle Rodino-Colocino, Todd Wolfson, Brian Dolber, Chenjerai Kumanyika History: We Were Always Gig Workers Chapter 1 Behind the Wheel and in the Streets: Technological Transformation, Exit, and Voice in the New York City Taxi Industry Hannah Johnston, Queen’s University Chapter 2 More than a Gig?: Ridehailing in Los Angeles County Tia Koonse, Lucero Herrera, Saba Waheed, Janna Shadduck-Hernández, Ana Luz Gonzalez-Vasquez and Kean Flowers University of California, Los Angeles, Center for Labor Research and Education Chapter 3 Care in the Platform Economy: Interrogating the Digital Organisation of Domestic Work in India Ambika Tandon and Aayush Rathi, Centre for Internet and Society Chapter 4 Sex Work/Gig Work: A Feminist Analysis of Precarious Domina Labor in the Gig Economy Lauren Levitt, University of Southern California Ideology: Thinking Like a Gig Economist Chapter 5 "The Future Demands we All become Prolific Artists": Cultural Ideals of Gig Work in Popular Management Literature Juhana Venäläinen, University of Eastern Finland Chapter 6. "Uber for Radio?" Professionalism and Production Cultures in Podcasting John L. Sullivan, Muhlenberg College Chapter 7. Good People "Belong Anywhere": Airbnb’s Emerging Neofascism Brian Dolber, California State University San Marcos and Christina Ceisel, California State University, Fullerton Chapter 8 "Uber" University and Labor Recomposition: Notes on (Dis)Organized Academia Marco Briziarelli and Susana Martínez Guillem, University of New Mexico Media: Negotiating the Gig Economy Chapter 9 "Viene cuando viene, no es gran cantidad de dinero": Opacity, Precarity, and the Unwaged Labor of Latina Audiobook Narrators Ruth L. Nuñez, University of California, Los Angeles Chapter 10. Liquid Assets: Camming and Cashing in on Desire in the Digital Age Kavita Ilona Nayar, University of Massachusetts-Amherst Chapter 11. This is Gig Leisure: Games, Gamification, and Gig Labor Randy Nichols, University of Washington-Tacoma Struggles: Organizing in the Gig Economy Chapter 12: Platform Organizing: Tech Worker Struggles and Digital Tools for Labor Movements Enda Brophy and Seamus Grayer, Simon Fraser University Chapter 13. Competition, Collaboration and Combination: Differences in Attitudes to; Collective Organization Among Offline and Online Platform Workers Kaire Holts, Tallinn University of Technology, Ursula Huws, Neil Spencer and Matthew Coates, University of Hertfordshire Chapter 14 Uprooting Uber: From "Data Fracking" to Data Commons Stephen E. Rahko and Byron B. Craig, Indiana University- Bloomington Chapter 15. Precarity Beyond the Gig: From University Halls to Tech Campuses Tamara Kneese, University of San Francisco Chapter 16. The Cycle of Struggle: Food Platform Strikes in the UK 2016-18 Callum Cant, University of West London and Jamie Woodcock, Open University Conclusion: We Are All Gig Workers Michelle Rodino-Colocino, Penn State University … (more)
- Edition:
- 1st
- Publisher Details:
- London : Routledge
- Publication Date:
- 2021
- Extent:
- 1 online resource, illustrations (black and white)
- Subjects:
- 331.25729
Gig economy
Precarious employment
Temporary employment
Independent contractors - Languages:
- English
- ISBNs:
- 9781000391350
9781000391329
9781003140054 - Related ISBNs:
- 9780367690212
9780367686222 - Notes:
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