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Uberland : how algorithms are rewriting the rules of work /

"A silent cultural revolution is reshaping how we will work for generations to come--and Uber is leading it. The Silicon Valley start-up has become a juggernaut of the sharing economy, promising drivers the opportunity to be entrepreneurs but managing them with algorithms and treating them like...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Rosenblat, Alex, 1987- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2018]
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction : using an app to go to work-Uber as a symbol of the new economy
  • Workers as digital pawns : how Uber uses the sharing economy to exploit everyone
  • Motivations to drive : how Uber creates jobs for many at the expense of a few
  • Grandiose promises : how Uber proposes entrepreneurship to the masses
  • The shady middleman : how Uber plays broker to line its pockets
  • Behind the curtain : how Uber rules drivers with algorithms
  • In the big leagues : how Uber plays ball
  • Conclusion : the new age of Uber-how technology consumption rewrote the rules of work
  • Appendix 1. methodology : how I studied Uber
  • Appendix 2. ridehailing beyond Uber : meet Lyft, the younger twin.