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Social Media + SocietyThe Shifting Terms of Labor and Compensation in the Platform Economy Read on Social Media + SocietyJune 2020 -
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New Media & SocietyData & Society Postdoctoral Scholar Julia Ticona and Research Analyst Alexandra Mateescu investigate the consequences of "visibility" in carework apps. "Based on a discourse analysis of carework platforms and interviews wi... Read on New Media & SocietyMay 2018 -
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Washington University Law ReviewD&S researcher Mary Madden, Michele Gilman, D&S affiliate Karen Levy, and D&S fellow Alice Marwick examine how poor Americans are impacted by privacy violations and discuss how to protect digital privacy for the vul... Read on Washington University Law ReviewMarch 2017 -
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Columbia Law ReviewRyan Calo and D&S researcher Alex Rosenblat write this analysis of the newly termed 'taking economy' of Uber. Sharing economy firms such as Uber and Airbnb facilitate trusted transactions between strangers on digital platf... Read on Columbia Law ReviewMarch 2017 -
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International Journal of CommunicationD&S researcher Alex Rosenblat and Luke Stark published a case study of Uber drivers and highlight the information and power asymmetries produced by the Uber application. Abstract is below. Uber manages a large, disaggregat... Read on International Journal of CommunicationJuly 2016