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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.
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.
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##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 management to exploit laborer
评分 评分##从劳工角度写科技产业发展过程中的一系列问题。体系感太差了，基本上就是堆材料吧，不必看完。三星半。
评分##3.5星，还可以吧。确实是材料都有了，普通论述也有，但理论性不强（或者说基本不存在）。总的来说还是对Uber的全面批判，如果有理论支撑的话作为学术作品会更加坚实，现在看起来就是深度不够。不过我还是enjoy reading it了。
评分##从劳工角度写科技产业发展过程中的一系列问题。体系感太差了，基本上就是堆材料吧，不必看完。三星半。
评分 评分##可能因为从劳工视角出发，觉得有一定局限。
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