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Amazon Mechanical Turk and the Commodification of labour
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- Bergvall-Kåreborn, Birgitta (author)
- Luleå tekniska universitet,Datavetenskap
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- Howcroft, Debra (author)
- Manchester Business School
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- 2014-11-24
- 2014
- English.
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In: New technology, work and employment. - : Wiley. - 0268-1072 .- 1468-005X. ; 29:3, s. 213-223
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Abstract
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- Crowd employment platforms enable firms to source labour and expertise by leveraging Internet technology. Rather than offshoring jobs to low-cost geographies, functions once performed by internal employees can be outsourced to an undefined pool of digital labour using a virtual network. This enables firms to shift costs and offload risk as they access a flexible, scalable workforce that sits outside the traditional boundaries of labour laws and regulations. The micro-tasks of 'clickwork' are tedious, repetitive and poorly paid, with remuneration often well below minimum wage. This article will present an analysis of one of the most popular crowdsourcing sites-Mechanical Turk-to illuminate how Amazon's platform enables an array of companies to access digital labour at low cost and without any of the associated social protection or moral obligation.
Subject headings
- SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP -- Medie- och kommunikationsvetenskap -- Systemvetenskap, informationssystem och informatik med samhällsvetenskaplig inriktning (hsv//swe)
- SOCIAL SCIENCES -- Media and Communications -- Information Systems, Social aspects (hsv//eng)
Keyword
- Amazon
- Crowd employment
- Crowdsourcing
- Digital labour
- ICT firms
- Mechanical Turk
- Outsourcing
- Platform
- Information systems
- Informationssystem
- Möjliggörande IKT (FOI)
- Enabling ICT (AERI)
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- ref (subject category)
- art (subject category)
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