The Gig Economy - Workers and Media in the Age of Convergence (Paperback)

This edited collection examines the gig economy in the age of convergence from a critical political economic perspective. Contributions explore how media, technology, and labor are converging to create new modes of production, as well as new modes of resistance. From rideshare drivers in Los Angeles to domestic workers in Delhi, from sex work to podcasting, this book draws together research that examines the gig economy's exploitation of workers and their resistance. Employing critical theoretical perspectives and methodologies in a variety of national contexts, contributors consider the roles that media, policy, culture, and history, as well as gender, race, and ethnicity play in forging working conditions in the 'gig economy'. Contributors examine the complex and historical relationships between media and gig work integral to capitalism with the aim of exposing and, ultimately, ending exploitation. This book will appeal to students and scholars examining questions of technology, media, and labor across media and communication studies, information studies, and labor studies as well as activists, journalists, and policymakers.

General

Imprint:	Routledge
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	May 2021
First published:	2021
Editors:	Brian Dolber • Michelle Rodino-Colocino • Chenjerai Kumanyika • Todd Wolfson
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 28mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	322
ISBN-13:	978-0-367-68622-2
Categories:	Books > Humanities > General Books > Arts & Architecture > The arts: general issues > General Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Library & information sciences > General Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Communication studies > Media studies Books > Business & Economics > Economics > Political economy Books > Computing & IT > General theory of computing > General Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Interdisciplinary studies > Cultural studies > General Books > Business & Economics > Industry & industrial studies > Media, information & communication industries > General Books > Computing & IT > Applications of computing > Image processing > Computer animation Promotions
LSN:	0-367-68622-8
Barcode:	9780367686222

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