Uberland

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.

出版者:University of California Press

作者:Alex Rosenblat

页数:292

出版时间:2018-11-19

价格:GBP 21.00

装帧:Hardcover

isbn号码:9780520298576

图书标签:社会学劳工关系互联网算法美国数学和计算机新资本主义时代的工作社会学数字社会学

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.

用户评价

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。

要警惕技术时代以技术为幌子的资本压榨

可能因为从劳工视角出发，觉得有一定局限。

just so so... lack of insights

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。