Trebor Scholz (ed.): Digital Labor: The Internet as Playground and Factory (2012) - Mon... - 0 views
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Vanessa Vaile on 17 Feb 14"Digital Labor calls on the reader to examine the shifting sites of labor markets to the Internet through the lens of their political, technological, and historical making. Internet users currently create most of the content that makes up the web: they search, link, tweet, and post updates-leaving their "deep" data exposed. Meanwhile, governments listen in, and big corporations track, analyze, and predict users' interests and habits. A collection of essays offering a wide-ranging account of the dark side of the Internet. "