Zhuyuan Yang

The Prospect of Labor in Cyberspace

Labor and Remuneration of Network Users in the Relationship Between Technology and Power

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Produktbeschreibung

This book explores user labor in the internet age, offering innovative perspectives on digital labor. It broadens the discussion on topics like technology and power, the reproduction of network user labor, labor relations in cyberspace, economic rewards of network user labor, and especially the non-economic rewards of network user labor. Specifically, the book examines the impact of technology, power, and capital on network user labor, the control exerted by media platforms over this labor, and the payment methods for both economic and non-economic rewards.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: China Renmin University Press Co., Ltd. / Palgrave Macmillan / Springer Nature Singapore / Springer,
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 978-981-97-8755-5
• 2024
• Seitenzahl: 302
• Erscheinungstermin: 4. Dezember 2024
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 210mm x 148mm
• ISBN-13: 9789819787555
• Artikelnr.: 71521037

Autorenporträt

Zhuyuan Yang, a professor at the School of Communication at Guizhou University and a PhD supervisor, focuses on digital labor and has published two related monographs.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction.- 2. Communication as Labor and Network Users as Laborers.- 3. Network User Labor Between Technological Empowerment and Capital Control.- 4. The Ecological Niche of Network Users in the Network Information Ecosystem and the Value of Their Labor.- 5. Production Methods and Labor Relations in Network User Labor.- 6. Reproduction and Conscription of Network User Labor.- 7. Economic Rewards of Internet User Labor.- 8. Non-economic Remuneration of Network User Labor.- 9. The Labor Paradigm of Internet Users and Its Future Direction.