作者：AlexRosenblat
出版社：UniversityofCaliforniaPress
副标题：HowAlgorithmsAreRewritingtheRulesofWork
出版年：2018-11-19
页数：292
定价：GBP21.00
装帧：Hardcover
ISBN：9780520298576
内容简介
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Silicon Valley technology is transforming the way we work, and Uber is leading the charge. An American startup that promised to deliver entrepreneurship for the masses through its technology, Uber instead built a new template for employment using algorithms and Internet platforms. Upending our understanding of work in the digital age, Uberland paints a future where any of us might be managed by a faceless boss.
The neutral language of technology masks the powerful influence algorithms have across the New Economy. Uberland chronicles the stories of drivers in more than twenty-five cities in the United States and Canada over four years, shedding light on their working conditions and providing a window into how they feel behind the wheel. The book also explores Uber’s outsized influence around the world: the billion-dollar company is now influencing everything from debates about sexual harassment and transportation regulations to racial equality campaigns and labor rights initiatives.
Based on award-winning technology ethnographer Alex Rosenblat’s firsthand experience of riding over 5,000 miles with Uber drivers, daily visits to online forums, and face-to-face discussions with senior Uber employees, Uberland goes beyond the headlines to reveal the complicated politics of popular technologies that are manipulating both workers and consumers.
作者简介
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Alex Rosenblat is a technology ethnographer. A researcher at the Data & Society Research Institute, she holds an MA in sociology from Queen’s University and a BA in history from McGill University. Rosenblat’s writing has appeared in media outlets such as the New York Times, Harvard Business Review, the Atlantic, Slate, and Fast Company. Her research has received attention worldwide and has been covered in the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, MIT Technology Review, WIRED, New Scientist, and the Guardian. Many scholarly and professional publications have also published her prizewinning work, including the International Journal of Communication and the Columbia Law Review.
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公众向的ethnography，有趣的是话题，是对emerging technologies尝试着敲敲打打的勇气，但是写着写着就沦为“故事会”式的故事合集了，作为work的定义呢？理论框架呢？normative claim感觉也要我自己猜了==略失望啊。写公众向的科技社会影响的文本是否改在理论厚度上作出多少让步呢？第一年的思考问题。
可能是我之前预期太高了，看完感觉就还好吧，也可能是因为之前做过类似的pre，所以感觉几乎都是把我已经知道的内容以Uber为例重组了一下，当然填充了很多Uber运作的细节，这本书一句话总结就是：technological totalitarianism（social aspect） is coming
The basic logic of sharing economy (of Uber): use marketing to sugarcoat labor disposability and allure more disposable labors; use consumer narrative to dodge responsibility, use algorithms managemen…
可能因为从劳工视角出发，觉得有一定局限。
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