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Author : Gerardus Blokdyk
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780655383772
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (837 download)
Download or read book Crowdsourcing of Microwork The Ultimate Step-By-Step Guide written by Gerardus Blokdyk and published by . This book was released on with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Gerardus Blokdyk
Publisher : 5starcooks
ISBN 13 : 9780655333777
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (337 download)
Download or read book Crowdsourcing of Microwork the Ultimate Step-By-Step Guide written by Gerardus Blokdyk and published by 5starcooks. This book was released on 2018-08-12 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Who needs to know about Crowdsourcing of Microwork ? Have the types of risks that may impact Crowdsourcing of Microwork been identified and analyzed? To what extent does management recognize Crowdsourcing of Microwork as a tool to increase the results? Does Crowdsourcing of Microwork systematically track and analyze outcomes for accountability and quality improvement? What is our Crowdsourcing of Microwork Strategy? This best-selling Crowdsourcing of Microwork self-assessment will make you the assured Crowdsourcing of Microwork domain authority by revealing just what you need to know to be fluent and ready for any Crowdsourcing of Microwork challenge. How do I reduce the effort in the Crowdsourcing of Microwork work to be done to get problems solved? How can I ensure that plans of action include every Crowdsourcing of Microwork task and that every Crowdsourcing of Microwork outcome is in place? How will I save time investigating strategic and tactical options and ensuring Crowdsourcing of Microwork costs are low? How can I deliver tailored Crowdsourcing of Microwork advice instantly with structured going-forward plans? There's no better guide through these mind-expanding questions than acclaimed best-selling author Gerard Blokdyk. Blokdyk ensures all Crowdsourcing of Microwork essentials are covered, from every angle: the Crowdsourcing of Microwork self-assessment shows succinctly and clearly that what needs to be clarified to organize the required activities and processes so that Crowdsourcing of Microwork outcomes are achieved. Contains extensive criteria grounded in past and current successful projects and activities by experienced Crowdsourcing of Microwork practitioners. Their mastery, combined with the easy elegance of the self-assessment, provides its superior value to you in knowing how to ensure the outcome of any efforts in Crowdsourcing of Microwork are maximized with professional results. Your purchase includes access details to the Crowdsourcing of Microwork self-assessment dashboard download which gives you your dynamically prioritized projects-ready tool and shows you exactly what to do next. Your exclusive instant access details can be found in your book. You will receive the following contents with New and Updated specific criteria: - The latest quick edition of the book in PDF - The latest complete edition of the book in PDF, which criteria correspond to the criteria in... - The Self-Assessment Excel Dashboard, and... - Example pre-filled Self-Assessment Excel Dashboard to get familiar with results generation ...plus an extra, special, resource that helps you with project managing. INCLUDES LIFETIME SELF ASSESSMENT UPDATES Every self assessment comes with Lifetime Updates and Lifetime Free Updated Books. Lifetime Updates is an industry-first feature which allows you to receive verified self assessment updates, ensuring you always have the most accurate information at your fingertips.
Author : James Smith
Publisher : Tebbo
ISBN 13 : 9781486460649
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (66 download)
Download or read book Crowdsourcing Guidance - Real World Application, Templates, Documents, and Examples of the Use of Crowdsourcing in the Public Domain. Plus Free Access written by James Smith and published by Tebbo. This book was released on 2013 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: - Thoroughly explains Crowdsourcing ...and has all the insights, experiences and instructions needed for successful Crowdsourcing. - Your Step-by-Step Guide to Crowdsourcing. Best Practices for implementations and check-ups. - Free Updates and downloads of all forms and documents included. Key Book Benefits: Delivers authoritative, field-tested best practices for Crowdsourcing. Covers the full lifecycle, from planning, design, and deployment. Includes access to download of complete set of documents as discussed in the book, and more. The instantly downloadable documents can be used straight away. Comes with job aids, utilities, and full downloads of all documents. Drive Better Productivity and Increase Success with this book - Starting Now. Discover Real-World Best Practices-Without Paying Expensive Consultants You're investing in Crowdsourcing for one reason: to drive major performance improvements across your entire organization. Crowdsourcing Best Practices will help you do just that. Drawing on their experience with dozens of deployments, The Art of Service offers expert guidance on every aspect of Crowdsourcing deployment, with results-focused best practices for every area of the organization touched by Crowdsourcing, including sales, marketing, customer service, finance, legal, and IT. This is information you'd otherwise have to pay a consultant top dollars to get...information you won't find in any other book! The Art of Service walks you through developing a comprehensive and effective implementation strategy, followed by tactics and specifics to overcome every challenge you face, including internal politics. Through this book and its companion Web site, The Art of Service provides presentations, questionnaires, step-by-step guides, and extensive resources-all part of the Content on Demand system that gives your organization maximum results from Crowdsourcing. - Achieve higher end-customer satisfaction and dramatic productivity gains - Overcome "people, product, and process" pitfalls that can limit the value of your Crowdsourcing - Learn which procedures, processes and documentation are right for your implementation - This book's varied set of start-to-finish roadmap documents for success can be used by companies of all sizes in all industries for executives, team leaders, implementation team members, developers, and users throughout the business. From Overwhelmed to Empowered - Changing the way you find Answers - This book includes access to The Art of Service's on-demand digital library to Search, Download, Learn and use direct applicable documents for technology and business professionals, eliminating spending money and time on self-development. Every day, many large enterprises run hundreds of projects using The Art of Service Documentation. For these companies, The Art of Service is ideal for their custom project development, quality assurance, IT Service Management implementation, virtual training, or documentation. The Art of Service Content-on-Demand is unique. With The Art of Service, users get the documents and the knowledge they need and IT managers get complete visibility and management control over project deployments. Get Your Access Today.
Author : Jeff Howe
Publisher : Crown Currency
ISBN 13 : 0307449327
Total Pages : 322 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (74 download)
Download or read book Crowdsourcing written by Jeff Howe and published by Crown Currency. This book was released on 2008-08-26 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “The amount of knowledge and talent dispersed among the human race has always outstripped our capacity to harness it. Crowdsourcing corrects that—but in doing so, it also unleashes the forces of creative destruction.” —From Crowdsourcing First identified by journalist Jeff Howe in a June 2006 Wired article, “crowdsourcing” describes the process by which the power of the many can be leveraged to accomplish feats that were once the province of the specialized few. Howe reveals that the crowd is more than wise—it’s talented, creative, and stunningly productive. Crowdsourcing activates the transformative power of today’s technology, liberating the latent potential within us all. It’s a perfect meritocracy, where age, gender, race, education, and job history no longer matter; the quality of work is all that counts; and every field is open to people of every imaginable background. If you can perform the service, design the product, or solve the problem, you’ve got the job. But crowdsourcing has also triggered a dramatic shift in the way work is organized, talent is employed, research is conducted, and products are made and marketed. As the crowd comes to supplant traditional forms of labor, pain and disruption are inevitable. Jeff Howe delves into both the positive and negative consequences of this intriguing phenomenon. Through extensive reporting from the front lines of this revolution, he employs a brilliant array of stories to look at the economic, cultural, business, and political implications of crowdsourcing. How were a bunch of part-time dabblers in finance able to help an investment company consistently beat the market? Why does Procter & Gamble repeatedly call on enthusiastic amateurs to solve scientific and technical challenges? How can companies as diverse as iStockphoto and Threadless employ just a handful of people, yet generate millions of dollars in revenue every year? The answers lie within these pages. The blueprint for crowdsourcing originated from a handful of computer programmers who showed that a community of like-minded peers could create better products than a corporate behemoth like Microsoft. Jeff Howe tracks the amazing migration of this new model of production, showing the potential of the Internet to create human networks that can divvy up and make quick work of otherwise overwhelming tasks. One of the most intriguing ideas of Crowdsourcing is that the knowledge to solve intractable problems—a cure for cancer, for instance—may already exist within the warp and weave of this infinite and, as yet, largely untapped resource. But first, Howe proposes, we need to banish preconceived notions of how such problems are solved. The very concept of crowdsourcing stands at odds with centuries of practice. Yet, for the digital natives soon to enter the workforce, the technologies and principles behind crowdsourcing are perfectly intuitive. This generation collaborates, shares, remixes, and creates with a fluency and ease the rest of us can hardly understand. Crowdsourcing, just now starting to emerge, will in a short time simply be the way things are done.
Author : Daniela Molinari
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 111921792X
Total Pages : 282 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (192 download)
Download or read book Flood Damage Survey and Assessment written by Daniela Molinari and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2017-07-31 with total page 282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Floods can have a devastating impact on life, property and economic resources. However, the systematic collection of damage data in the aftermath of flood events can contribute to future risk mitigation. Such data can support a variety of actions including the identification of priorities for intervention during emergencies, the creation of complete event scenarios to tailor risk mitigation strategies, the definition of victim compensation schemes, and the validation of damage models to feed cost-benefit analysis of mitigation actions. Volume highlights include: Compilation of real world case studies elaborating on the survey experiences and best practices associated with flood damage data collection, storage and analysis, that can help strategize flood risk mitigation in an efficient manner Coverage of different flooding phenomena such as riverine and mountain floods, spatial analysis from local to global scales, and stakeholder perspectives, e.g. public decision makers, researchers, private companies Contributions from leading experts in the field, researchers and practitioners, including civil protection actors working at different spatial and administrative level, insurers, and professionals working in the field of natural hazard risks mitigation Flood Damage Survey and Assessment: New Insights from Research and Practice will be a valuable resource for earth scientists, hydrologists, meteorologists, geologists, geographers, civil engineers, insurers, policy makers, and planners. Read an interview with the editors to find out more: https://eos.org/editors-vox/the-value-of-disaster-damage-data
Author : Vassillis-Javed Khan
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9783030123352
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (233 download)
Download or read book Macro-task Crowdsourcing written by Vassillis-Javed Khan and published by . This book was released on 2019 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Crowdsourcing is an emerging paradigm that promises to transform several domains: creative work, business work, cultural cooperation, etc. Crowdsourcing reflects the close-knit interplay between the latest computer technologies, the rapidly changing work model of the 21st century, and the very nature of people. The interplay makes for an exciting but at the same time challenging new field to investigate under the lens of a diverse set of disciplines, ranging from the technical to the social and from the theoretical to the applied. Early research has focused on an aspect of crowdsourcing known as micro-tasking. Micro-tasks are simple tasks (like image annotations) that anyone could perform. An emerging area is how to utilize crowdsourcing to solve problems that go beyond simple tasks towards more complex ones, that require collaboration and creativity. In juxtaposition to micro-task crowdsourcing, this book investigates macro-task crowdsourcing and its potential.
Author : Janine Berg
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 168 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (11 download)
Download or read book Digital Labour Platforms and the Future of Work written by Janine Berg and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The emergence of online digital labour platforms has been one of the major transformations in the world of work over the past decade. This report provides one of the first comparative studies of working conditions on five major micro-task platforms that operate globally. It is based on an ILO survey covering 3,500 workers in 75 countries around the world and other qualitative surveys. The report analyses the working conditions on these micro-task platforms, including pay rates, work availability and intensity, social protection coverage and work-life balance. The report recommends 18 principles for ensuring decent work on digital labour platforms.
Author : Stephen Billett
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1000257762
Total Pages : 170 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (2 download)
Download or read book Learning In The Workplace written by Stephen Billett and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2020-07-16 with total page 170 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Learning in the workplace has come of age with the publication of this book. It shows the way for a new level of sophistication in the ways learning and work are treated. And it opens new territory for exploration in the world of learning throughout life. David Boud, University of Technology, Sydney Stephen Billett provides a comprehensive and practical model, well-grounded in theory and research, to guide learning in the workplace. This is a 'must read' for those in vocational education and training. Victoria Marsick, Columbia University Learning does not stop when you leave school or tertiary studies, but continues throughout life. The workplace is now seen as an important learning environment, and businesses and government units are encouraged to become 'learning organisations'. This is all very well in theory, but how does learning actually occur in the workplace? Drawing on research of a wide variety of workplaces in different countries, Stephen Billett analyses the strengths and limitations of 'on-the-job' learning. He outlines what knowledge individuals need and how they can best acquire this knowledge in workplace settings. He shows how to develop a workplace curriculum, and how it can be implemented in organisations of different sizes. Learning in the Workplace offers a comprehensive pedagogy for the workplace. It is a valuable reference for human resource practitioners and students in courses on professional development and adult and vocational learning.
Author : World Bank Group
Publisher : World Bank Publications
ISBN 13 : 1464806721
Total Pages : 359 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (648 download)
Download or read book World Development Report 2016 written by World Bank Group and published by World Bank Publications. This book was released on 2016-01-14 with total page 359 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Digital technologies are spreading rapidly, but digital dividends--the broader benefits of faster growth, more jobs, and better services--are not. If more than 40 percent of adults in East Africa pay their utility bills using a mobile phone, why can’t others around the world do the same? If 8 million entrepreneurs in China--one third of them women--can use an e-commerce platform to export goods to 120 countries, why can’t entrepreneurs elsewhere achieve the same global reach? And if India can provide unique digital identification to 1 billion people in five years, and thereby reduce corruption by billions of dollars, why can’t other countries replicate its success? Indeed, what’s holding back countries from realizing the profound and transformational effects that digital technologies are supposed to deliver? Two main reasons. First, nearly 60 percent of the world’s population are still offline and can’t participate in the digital economy in any meaningful way. Second, and more important, the benefits of digital technologies can be offset by growing risks. Startups can disrupt incumbents, but not when vested interests and regulatory uncertainty obstruct competition and the entry of new firms. Employment opportunities may be greater, but not when the labor market is polarized. The internet can be a platform for universal empowerment, but not when it becomes a tool for state control and elite capture. The World Development Report 2016 shows that while the digital revolution has forged ahead, its 'analog complements'--the regulations that promote entry and competition, the skills that enable workers to access and then leverage the new economy, and the institutions that are accountable to citizens--have not kept pace. And when these analog complements to digital investments are absent, the development impact can be disappointing. What, then, should countries do? They should formulate digital development strategies that are much broader than current information and communication technology (ICT) strategies. They should create a policy and institutional environment for technology that fosters the greatest benefits. In short, they need to build a strong analog foundation to deliver digital dividends to everyone, everywhere.
Author : Florian Alexander Schmidt
Publisher : Birkhäuser
ISBN 13 : 3035610673
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (356 download)
Download or read book Crowd Design written by Florian Alexander Schmidt and published by Birkhäuser. This book was released on 2017-07-24 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The digital revolution is interwoven with the promise to empower the user. Yet, the rise of centralized, commercial platforms for crowdsourced work questions the validity of this narrative. In Crowd-Design, Florian Alexander Schmidt analyses the workings and the rhetoric of crowdsourced work platforms by comparing the way they address the masses today with historic notions of the crowd. The utopian concepts of early online collaboration are taken as a vantage point from which to view and critique current and, at times, dystopian applications of crowdsourced work. The study is focused on the crowdsourcing of design tasks, but these specific applications are used to examine the design of the more general mechanisms employed by the platform providers to motivate and control the crowds. Crowd-Design is as much about the crowdsourcing of design as it is about the design of crowdsourcing.
Author : Jamie Woodcock
Publisher : Polity
ISBN 13 : 9781509536351
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (363 download)
Download or read book The Gig Economy written by Jamie Woodcock and published by Polity. This book was released on 2020-01-13 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: All of a sudden, everybody’s talking about the gig economy. From taxi drivers to pizza deliverers to the unemployed, we are all aware of the huge changes that it is driving in our lives as workers, consumers and citizens. This is the first comprehensive overview of this highly topical subject. Drawing upon years of research, stories from gig workers, and a review of the key trends and debates, Jamie Woodcock and Mark Graham shed light on how the gig economy came to be, how it works and what it’s like to work in it. They show that, although it has facilitated innovative new services and created jobs for millions, it is not without cost. It allows businesses and governments to generate value while passing significant risk and responsibility onto the workers that make it possible. This is not, however, an argument for turning back the clock. Instead, the authors outline four strategies that can produce a fairer platform economy that works for everyone. Woodcock and Graham’s critical introduction will be essential reading for students, scholars and general readers interested in the massive shifts that characterize our modern digital economy.
Author : Mary L. Gray
Publisher : Eamon Dolan Books
ISBN 13 : 1328566242
Total Pages : 297 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (285 download)
Download or read book Ghost Work written by Mary L. Gray and published by Eamon Dolan Books. This book was released on 2019 with total page 297 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A startling exposé of the invisible human workforce that powers the web--and how to bring it out of the shadows. Hidden beneath the surface of the internet, a new, stark reality is looming--one that cuts to the very heart of our endless debates about the impact of AI. Anthropologist Mary L. Gray and computer scientist Siddharth Suri unveil how the services we use from companies like Amazon, Google, Microsoft, and Uber can only function smoothly thanks to the judgment and experience of a vast human labor force that is kept deliberately concealed. The people who do 'ghost work' make the internet seem smart. They perform high-tech, on-demand piecework: flagging X-rated content, proofreading, transcribing audio, confirming identities, captioning video, and much more. The shameful truth is that no labor laws protect them or even acknowledge their existence. They often earn less than legal minimums for traditional work, they have no health benefits, and they can be fired at any time for any reason, or for no reason at all. An estimated 8 percent of Americans have worked in this 'ghost economy,' and that number is growing every day. In this unprecedented investigation, Gray and Suri make the case that robots will never completely eliminate 'ghost work' and the unchecked quest for artificial intelligence could spark catastrophic work conditions if not stopped in its tracks. Ultimately, they show how this essential type of work can create opportunity--rather than misery--for those who do it."--Dust jacket.
Author : Janet Vertesi
Publisher : Princeton University Press
ISBN 13 : 0691187088
Total Pages : 568 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (911 download)
Download or read book digitalSTS written by Janet Vertesi and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2019-05-07 with total page 568 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Scholars across the humanities, social sciences, and information sciences are grappling with how best to study virtual environments, use computational tools in their research, and engage audiences with their results. Classic work in science and technology studies (STS) has played a central role in how these fields analyze digital technologies, but many of its key examples do not speak to today’s computational realities. This groundbreaking collection brings together a world-class group of contributors to refresh the canon for contemporary digital scholarship. In twenty-five pioneering and incisive essays, this unique digital field guide offers innovative new approaches to digital scholarship, the design of digital tools and objects, and the deployment of critically grounded technologies for analysis and discovery. Contributors cover a broad range of topics, including software development, hackathons, digitized objects, diversity in the tech sector, and distributed scientific collaborations. They discuss methodological considerations of social networks and data analysis, design projects that can translate STS concepts into durable scientific work, and much more. Featuring a concise introduction by Janet Vertesi and David Ribes and accompanied by an interactive microsite, this book provides new perspectives on digital scholarship that will shape the agenda for tomorrow’s generation of STS researchers and practitioners.
Author : Tanja Aitamurto
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (137 download)
Download or read book Crowdsourcing for Democracy written by Tanja Aitamurto and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An array of local and national governments around the world have applied crowdsourcing as a participatory method to engage citizens in political processes. Citizens are invited to share their ideas, perspectives and opinions about matters that traditionally were beyond their access and influence. This book is an introduction to crowdsourcing in policy-making. By introducing case studies from several countries, the book demonstrates how crowdsourcing has been used in participatory budgeting in Canada, federal strategies in the United States, and constitution reform in Iceland. By drawing on these cases, the book analyzes the role of crowdsourcing in democracy. Furthermore, the book summarizes the best practices for crowdsourcing and outlines the benefits and challenges of open processes. The book is based on a report for the Committee of the Future in the Parliament of Finland, delivered by the author in the Spring of 2012. The author, Tanja Aitamurto, is a visiting researcher Program at Stanford University. Due to the at the Liberation Technology author's academic orientation, this book has an academic touch to it, yet it is also meant to serve as a handbook for crowdsourcing in policy-making. The book is structured as follows. In Chapter 2, we'll get an overview of crowdsourcing in several fields, thus giving context to the rise of participatory culture. This chapter addresses often posed questions about crowdsourcing and related phenomena like microwork and crowdfunding. Chapter 3 introduces an array of cases, in which crowdsourcing has been used in policy-making. Chapter 4 analyses the role of crowdsourcing in democratic processes, crowdsourcing as a part of Open Government practices, and the impact of crowdsourcing on democracy. Chapter 5 outlines the factors for successful crowdsourcing. Chapter 6 discusses the challenges of crowdsourcing. Chapter 7 gives policy recommendations for enhancing transparency, accountability and citizen participation in the Finnish governance. Chapter 8 concludes the book by encouraging actors in society to experiment with new tools for openness, transparency and accountability.
Author : World Bank
Publisher : World Bank Publications
ISBN 13 : 0821395874
Total Pages : 244 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (213 download)
Download or read book Information and Communications for Development 2012 written by World Bank and published by World Bank Publications. This book was released on 2012-08-01 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Assessing what has worked, what hasn't, and why, this triennial report is an invaluable guide for understanding how to capture the benefits of information and communication technology around the world. This year's report focuses on mobile applications.
Author : Martin Reeves
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
ISBN 13 : 3110730111
Total Pages : 98 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (17 download)
Download or read book Winning the ’20s written by Martin Reeves and published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. This book was released on 2021-05-10 with total page 98 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Over the past decade, businesses have faced relentless change on multiple dimensions, and the list of the world’s largest companies has changed enormously. The keys to success are likely to be just as different for the new decade. Winning the ’20s analyzes the new competitive environment that businesses face and outlines what will it take to win in the 2020s. To stay ahead of the trends that are reshaping business, leaders need to rethink existing assumptions and retool their companies. Both traditional incumbents and younger digital giants will face very different but equally critical challenges in the 2020s—and would do well to learn from each other’s strengths. This book discusses the new dimensions of competition that will affect corporate strategy in the next decade and how leaders can reinvent their organizations to be better suited for the new environment. The companies that succeed in the 2020s will look very different than they do today—they will have evolved their businesses to harness new technologies and reshaped their external relationships, organizations, and approaches accordingly. Winning the ’20s will help business professionals as well as academics and students with an interest in strategy and leadership answer this critical question for the start of this decade: How should you prepare your company to avoid being left behind and emerge as a winner in a rapidly evolving business landscape?
Author : Trebor Scholz
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)
Download or read book Uberworked and Underpaid written by Trebor Scholz and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2016-12-05 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is about the rise of digital labor. Companies like Uber and Amazon Mechanical Turk promise autonomy, choice, and flexibility. One of network culture's toughest critics, Trebor Scholz chronicles the work of workers in the "sharing economy," and the free labor on sites like Facebook, to take these myths apart. In this rich, accessible, and provocative book, Scholz exposes the uncaring reality of contingent digital work, which is thriving at the expense of employment and worker rights. The book is meant to inspire readers to join the growing number of worker-owned "platform cooperatives," rethink unions, and build a better future of work. A call to action, loud and clear, Uberworked and Underpaid shows that it is time to stop wage theft and "crowd fleecing," rethink wealth distribution, and address the urgent question of how digital labor should be regulated and how workers from Berlin, Barcelona, Seattle, and São Paulo can act in solidarity to defend their rights.
