PlatCoop-Parts2_3-2021_1004-V0.1

Part 2: Drivers of Platform Cooperativism

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1. Cooperativism and Platforms

2. Drivers of Platform Cooperativism

3. The Platform Cooperativism Movement and Future Industries (industries arising in industry 4.0)

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Outline

1. Drivers of Platform Cooperativism

2. Digital Labor (Microwork)

3. Materials: 2.Z - 2.A

4. Notes: 2.X - 2.Y

5. Quiz: 2.B. - 2.C

6. Hypothetical: 2.D

7. More Resources: 2.E - 2.F

8. Review: 2.E - 2.F

9. Social Contracts

10. Content Moderation

11. Monopoly power

12. Platform regulation

13. Historic practices (piecemeal work)

14. Data sharing and markets?

15. Need for decentralized web? Data silos? Web2 infrastructure problems (compared with  Web3?) Like AWS and lack of interoperability

16. cloud computing

17. Surveillance capitalism -> Data Protection laws

18. Sharing economy or Platform Capitalism

19. Unions losing power?

20. Use of AI

21. Occupy Wall Street

22. Creator Economy

23. Current Platform Business Models

24. Extractive models

25. Venture Capitalists/Silicon Valley

1. Drivers of Platform Cooperativism

• Drivers: the catalysts for the platform cooperativism movement

• Drivers (and background information):

1. Digital Labor (Microwork)

2. Social Contracts

3. Content Moderation

4. Monopoly power

5. Platform regulation

6. Historic practices (piecemeal work)

7. Data sharing and markets?

8. Need for decentralized web? Data silos? Web2 infrastructure problems (compared with  Web3?) Like AWS and lack of interoperability

9. cloud computing

10. Surveillance capitalism -> Data Protection laws

11. Sharing economy or Platform Capitalism

12. Unions losing power?

13. Use of AI

14. Occupy Wall Street

15. Creator Economy

16. Current Platform Business Models

17. Extractive models

18. Venture Capitalists/Silicon Valley

19. Network effects

20. Digital authoritarianism

2. Digital Labor (Microwork)

Materials: 2.Z - 2.A

Readings

1. Why Uber Drivers Are Fighting For Their Data : Sections X - Y

2. Work in the Planetary Labour Market : Pages X - Y

3. AI needs to face up to its invisible-worker problem

4. Examining Crowd Work and Gig Work Through The Historical Lens of Piecework

5. A REVIEW OF PIECEWORK

6. Literature Review | Human Computer Interaction | West Virginia University

7. Pages X - Y

Videos

1. Reclaiming Work: The Cycle Couriers Subverting The Gig Economy

2. Minutes X:XX - Y:YY

Quiz: 2.B. - 2.C

1. What is digital labor?

2. What are the types of digital labor?

3. What are the differences between an employee and an independent contractor?

Essay prompt: 2.D

More Resources: 2.E - 2.F

• Readings

1. Rethinking Microwork: the Invisible Labour of the Platform Economy

2. From a Wage to a Wager: Dynamic Pricing in the Gig Economy : pp. 3 - 6

3. Digital Labor Studies Go Global:Toward a Digital Decolonial Turn : pp 2 - 10

4. https://www.cbsnews.com/news/amazon-drivers-peeing-in-bottles-union-vote-worker-complaints/

5. https://www.theverge.com/2021/8/21/22635286/judge-rules-california-prop-22-gig-workers-law-unconstitutional

6. https://jacobinmag.com/2021/01/uber-lyft-prop-proposition-22-california

7. https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/may/16/uber-lyft-drivers-california-prop-22https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/may/16/uber-lyft-drivers-california-prop-22

8. https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/carolineodonovan/uber-lyft-proposition-22-workers-rights

9. https://www.latimes.com/projects/props-california-2020-election-money/

10. https://www.cbsnews.com/news/amazon-drivers-peeing-in-bottles-union-vote-worker-complaints/

• Videos

1. As

3. Social Contract -> Digital Rights

Outline

Social contract -> digital rights

1. Governance

   1. Stakeholder engagement

   2. Dispute resolution

   3. Content/Speech

2. Content moderation

   2. Algorithmic social feeds and content curation

   3. Advertising content and targeted advertisements

   4. Censorship demands (e.g., copyright strikes)

3. Privacy

   1. Mention article on how useless privacy policy is

   2. Mention article on how companies are not incentivized to keep user data secure (article on Equifax data breach)

   3. Giving information to governments

   4. Mention article on development of GDPR and CCPA

Add https://rankingdigitalrights.org/index2020/companies/Twitter as further reading

Materials: 2.Z - 2.A

Readings

3 areas basd on DRI:

• Governance

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6. Why Uber Drivers Are Fighting For Their Data : Sections X - Y

7. Work in the Planetary Labour Market : Pages X - Y

8. AI needs to face up to its invisible-worker problem

9. Examining Crowd Work and Gig Work Through The Historical Lens of Piecework

10. A REVIEW OF PIECEWORK

11. Literature Review | Human Computer Interaction | West Virginia University

12. Pages X - Y

Videos

2. Reclaiming Work: The Cycle Couriers Subverting The Gig Economy

3. Minutes X:XX - Y:YY

Quiz: 2.B. - 2.C

4. What is digital labor?

5. What are the types of digital labor?

6. What are the differences between an employee and an independent contractor?

Essay prompt: 2.D

More Resources: 2.E - 2.F

• Readings

1. Rethinking Microwork: the Invisible Labour of the Platform Economy

2. From a Wage to a Wager: Dynamic Pricing in the Gig Economy : pp. 3 - 6

3. Digital Labor Studies Go Global:Toward a Digital Decolonial Turn : pp 2 - 10

• Videos

1. \As

3. Competition & Monopoly

Materials: 2.Z - 2.A

2. Articles

3. Must

4. Optional

5. Ohio v. American Express Co.

6. Defining the market in the Epic Games v. Apple trial

7. A COMPREHENSIVE BREAKDOWN OF THE EPIC V. APPLE RULING

8. Antitrust in 60 Seconds: Market Definition

9. https://www.wired.com/story/copycat-how-facebook-tried-to-squash-snapchat/

10. https://www.zdnet.com/article/apple-distorted-competition-in-the-music-streaming-market-says-eu/

11. https://www.cbsnews.com/news/facebook-antitrust-case-wall-street/

12. Podcasts

13. https://www.listennotes.com/podcasts/the-journal/snapchats-secret-dossier-on-aGi7WCPZ63-/

15. Questions:

16. What are the 3 realms of a social contract

• Articles

1. Antitrust in 60 Seconds: Vertical vs. Horizontal Mergers

2. Antitrust in 60 Seconds: Multi-Sided Business Models

3. Facebook copies Snapchat: examples

4. The feds want to break up Facebook. Good luck with that.

5. https://ilsr.org/fact-sheet-how-breaking-up-amazon-can-empower-small-business/#_edn7

6. Amazon: Small Business Friend or Foe?

7. https://www.project-disco.org/competition/111717-antitrust-in-60-seconds-is-the-consumer-welfare-standard-appropriate/

8. https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/Learn-About-TR/TR-Encyclopedia/Capitalism-and-Labor/The-Sherman-Act.aspx

9. Justice Department Sues Monopolist Google For Violating Antitrust Laws

Quiz: 2.B. - 2.C

7. What is digital labor?

8. What are the types of digital labor?

9. What are the differences between an employee and an independent contractor?

Essay prompt: 2.D

More Resources: 2.E - 2.F

• Readings

1. https://www.yalelawjournal.org/note/amazons-antitrust-paradox

2. https://www.reuters.com/article/amazon-cloud-idUSN1E7A727Q20111109

3. https://www.foxnews.com/tech/amazon-basics-is-killing-every-category-it-touches-including-batteries

• Videos

1. As

4. Surveillance Capitalism

Materials: 2.Z - 2.A

5. Readings

6. Matthew Crain, How Surveillance Advertising Seized Our Data and Hijacked the Web

7. NLP needs to be open. 500+ researchers are trying to make it happen

8. Geoffrey A. Fowler, The spy in your wallet: Credit cards have a privacy problem, Wash. Post, https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2019/08/26/spy-your-wallet-credit-cards-have-privacy-problem/ , Aug. 26, 2019.

9. https://sopa.tulane.edu/blog/key-social-media-privacy-issues-2020

10. https://www.nesta.org.uk/blog/new-ecosystem-trust/?source=post_page—————————

11. https://www.citylab.com/transportation/2019/08/uber-drivers-lawsuit-personal-data-ride-hailing-gig-economy/594232/

12. https://www.vice.com/en/article/z3xqdw/samsung-washing-machine-app-requires-access-to-your-contacts-and-location

13. https://www.vice.com/en/article/epnppe/onewheel-sent-thousands-of-customers-private-data-to-random-customer

14. https://www.vice.com/en/article/wx57nm/grindr-has-been-warned-for-years-about-its-privacy-issues

15. https://www.wired.com/story/equifax-breach-no-excuse/

16. https://www.wired.com/story/equifax-breach-no-excuse/

17. https://www.wired.com/story/the-equifax-breach-exposes-americas-identity-crisis/

18. https://www.wired.com/story/how-to-stop-breaches-equifax/

19. https://www.reuters.com/article/us-public-com-funding/robinhood-rival-public-com-raises-funds-at-1-2-billion-valuation-as-retail-trading-booms-idUSKBN2AH257

21. Questions:

22. What are the 3 realms of a social contract

Quiz: 2.B. - 2.C

10. What is digital labor?

11. What are the types of digital labor?

12. What are the differences between an employee and an independent contractor?

Essay prompt: 2.D

More Resources: 2.E - 2.F

• Readings

1. Rethinking Microwork: the Invisible Labour of the Platform Economy

2. From a Wage to a Wager: Dynamic Pricing in the Gig Economy : pp. 3 - 6

3. Digital Labor Studies Go Global:Toward a Digital Decolonial Turn : pp 2 - 10

• Videos

1. https://www.thesocialdilemma.com/

5. Creator Economy

Materials: 2.Z - 2.A

7. Readings

8. The creator economy is in crisis. Now let’s fix it.

9. The creator economy is in crisis. Now let’s fix it. — Mirror

10. The Passion Economy and the Future of Work

12. Questions:

13. What are the 3 realms of a social contract

Quiz: 2.B. - 2.C

13. What is digital labor?

14. What are the types of digital labor?

15. What are the differences between an employee and an independent contractor?

Essay prompt: 2.D

More Resources: 2.E - 2.F

• Readings

1. Rethinking Microwork: the Invisible Labour of the Platform Economy

2. From a Wage to a Wager: Dynamic Pricing in the Gig Economy : pp. 3 - 6

3. Digital Labor Studies Go Global:Toward a Digital Decolonial Turn : pp 2 - 10

• Videos

1. As

6. Content

Materials: 2.Z - 2.A

10. Readings

11. The Ethical and Privacy Issues of Recommendation Engines on Media Platforms

12. Why we’ve all had enough of bad recommendations

13. Stephanie Rieger, Regulate the web:Free expression, harmful speech, and the future of the internet

14. Targeted ads isolate and divide us even when they’re not political – new research

15. The real consequences of Patreon’s adult content crackdown

16. YouTube’s copyright claim system abused by extorters

17. YouTube’s copyright strikes have become a tool for extortion

18. Red Scare: Cold War, McCarthyism & Facts - HISTORY

19. Facebook Bans Louis Farrakhan, Alex Jones and Others as ‘Dangerous’

20. How the biggest decentralized social network is dealing with its Nazi problem

21. YouTube Demonetizes ‘Coronavirus’, Prompting Creators to Tiptoe Around Certain Recent Events

22. How sex censorship killed the internet we love

23. Twitter Suspends Alt-Right, Neo-Nazi Groups to Cut Down on Hate Speech

24. Facebook will prioritize removing fake news that incites violence

25. https://gizmodo.com/amazon-bends-the-knee-to-autocrats-threatens-to-cut-of-1825697153

26. https://www.vice.com/en/article/538kan/apple-just-banned-the-app-that-tracks-us-drone-strikes-again

27. # Facebook knows Instagram is bad for teenagers' mental health

28. Questions:

29. What are the 3 realms of a social contract

Quiz: 2.B. - 2.C

16. What is digital labor?

17. What are the types of digital labor?

18. What are the differences between an employee and an independent contractor?

Essay prompt: 2.D

More Resources: 2.E - 2.F

• Readings

1. https://www.wsj.com/articles/facebook-algorithm-change-zuckerberg-11631654215

• Videos

1. As

7. Unions

Materials: 2.Z - 2.A

13. Readings

14. The rise and fall of US labor unions, and why they still matter

15. What Caused the Decline of Unions in America?

16. As unions decline, inequality rises

17. Unions help reduce disparities and strengthen our democracy

18. The enormous impact of eroded collective bargaining on wages

19. https://www.history.com/topics/19th-century/labor

20. https://declinenow.org/open-letter-to-doordash/?v=47e5dceea252

21. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-57841055

22. https://techcrunch.com/2021/09/01/streamers-are-boycotting-twitch-today-to-protest-the-platforms-lack-of-action-on-hate-raids/

23. https://logicmag.io/distribution/mutual-aid-stations/

24. http://www.relats.org/documentos/FT.SIND.GU.UNIgigeconomy.pdf

25. Questions:

26. What are the 3 realms of a social contract

Quiz: 2.B. - 2.C

19. What is digital labor?

20. What are the types of digital labor?

21. What are the differences between an employee and an independent contractor?

Essay prompt: 2.D

More Resources: 2.E - 2.F

• Readings

1. Rethinking Microwork: the Invisible Labour of the Platform Economy

2. From a Wage to a Wager: Dynamic Pricing in the Gig Economy : pp. 3 - 6

3. Digital Labor Studies Go Global:Toward a Digital Decolonial Turn : pp 2 - 10

• Videos

1. As

8. Occupy Wall Street

Materials: 2.Z - 2.A

16. Readings

17. What Happened to Occupy Wall Street?

18. Occupy Wall Street Changed Everything

19. Life can be different: 10 years ago, Occupy Wall Street changed the world

21. Questions:

22. What are the 3 realms of a social contract

Quiz: 2.B. - 2.C

22. What is digital labor?

23. What are the types of digital labor?

24. What are the differences between an employee and an independent contractor?

Essay prompt: 2.D

More Resources: 2.E - 2.F

• Readings

1. Rethinking Microwork: the Invisible Labour of the Platform Economy

2. From a Wage to a Wager: Dynamic Pricing in the Gig Economy : pp. 3 - 6

3. Digital Labor Studies Go Global:Toward a Digital Decolonial Turn : pp 2 - 10

• Videos

1. As

9. Use of AI

Materials: 2.Z - 2.A

19. Readings

20. Paths Forward for the Study of the Digital Economy Labour : pp 2-3

21. Timrit gebru/AI etics

22. Huggingface

23. EleutherAI

24. https://sitn.hms.harvard.edu/flash/2020/racial-discrimination-in-face-recognition-technology/

25. https://venturebeat.com/2021/07/14/nlp-needs-to-be-open-500-researchers-are-trying-to-make-it-happen/

27. Questions:

28. What are the 3 realms of a social contract

Quiz: 2.B. - 2.C

25. What is digital labor?

26. What are the types of digital labor?

27. What are the differences between an employee and an independent contractor?

Essay prompt: 2.D

More Resources: 2.E - 2.F

• Readings

1. Rethinking Microwork: the Invisible Labour of the Platform Economy

2. From a Wage to a Wager: Dynamic Pricing in the Gig Economy : pp. 3 - 6

3. Digital Labor Studies Go Global:Toward a Digital Decolonial Turn : pp 2 - 10

• Videos

1. As

10. Web2 & Cloud Infrastructure

Materials: 2.Z - 2.A

Readings

11. How Parler deplatforming shows power of Amazon, cloud providers

12. https://ethereum.org/en/developers/docs/web2-vs-web3/#web3-limitations

13. http://ijcsit.com/docs/Volume%205/vol5issue06/ijcsit20140506265.pdf

14. https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2016/11/the-lost-civilization-of-dial-up-bulletin-board-systems/506465/

15. https://www.practicalecommerce.com/Basic-Definitions-Web-1-0-Web-2-0-Web-3-0

16. http://blockchainhub.net/web3-decentralized-web/

17. https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2016/11/the-lost-civilization-of-dial-up-bulletin-board-systems/506465/

18. https://backdrifting.net/post/034_alt_media_platforms

19. https://backdrifting.net/post/019_democratic_censorship

20. https://gizmodo.com/i-tried-to-block-amazon-from-my-life-it-was-impossible-1830565336

21. https://gizmodo.com/amazon-bends-the-knee-to-autocrats-threatens-to-cut-of-1825697153

22. https://www.marketwatch.com/story/the-engine-for-amazon-earnings-growth-has-nothing-to-do-with-e-commerce-2018-04-26

23. https://gizmodo.com/i-cut-the-big-five-tech-giants-from-my-life-it-was-hel-1831304194

24. https://www.npr.org/2019/02/10/692877140/why-we-cant-break-up-with-big-tech

25. https://historycooperative.org/the-history-of-social-media/

Videos

3. Reclaiming Work: The Cycle Couriers Subverting The Gig Economy

4. Minutes X:XX - Y:YY

Quiz: 2.B. - 2.C

28. What is digital labor?

29. What are the types of digital labor?

30. What are the differences between an employee and an independent contractor?

Essay prompt: 2.D

More Resources: 2.E - 2.F

• Readings

1. Rethinking Microwork: the Invisible Labour of the Platform Economy

2. From a Wage to a Wager: Dynamic Pricing in the Gig Economy : pp. 3 - 6

3. Digital Labor Studies Go Global:Toward a Digital Decolonial Turn : pp 2 - 10

• Videos

1. As

11. Current Platform Business Models; Venture Capital

Materials: 2.Z - 2.A

Readings

27. https://techcrunch.com/2019/09/29/wework-proves-that-venture-capitalism-works/

28. https://www.theverge.com/22585805/adam-neumann-cult-of-we-wework-book-vc

29. https://www.pdx.edu/business/news/new-psu-study-spotlights-dark-side-venture-capitalist-funding

30. https://perell.com/fellowship/conjuring-scenius/

31. https://mattstoller.substack.com/p/wework-and-counterfeit-capitalism

32. https://www.wired.com/story/the-end-of-the-cult-of-the-founder/

33. https://www.inc.com/zoe-henry/peter-thiel-how-to-build-a-monopoly.html

34. https://www.theverge.com/22251427/reddit-gamestop-stock-short-wallstreetbets-robinhood-wall-street

35. https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2020/11/30/how-venture-capitalists-are-deforming-capitalism

36. https://historycooperative.org/history-of-silicon-valley/

37. https://medium.com/the-launch-path/a-brief-history-of-silicon-valley-f351fa0cf275

38. https://medium.com/village-capital/venture-capital-is-like-skinny-jeans-or-why-we-need-a-new-language-for-capital-6a935bf15ce7

Videos

4. https://www.wsj.com/video/peter-thiel-why-monopolies-are-a-good-thing/3D9A5E99-02E5-42EB-8B10-ED8E37FA26DD.html

5. Watch Silicon Valley clips

Quiz: 2.B. - 2.C

31. What is digital labor?

32. What are the types of digital labor?

33. What are the differences between an employee and an independent contractor?

Essay prompt: 2.D

More Resources: 2.E - 2.F

• Readings

1. Rethinking Microwork: the Invisible Labour of the Platform Economy

2. From a Wage to a Wager: Dynamic Pricing in the Gig Economy : pp. 3 - 6

3. Digital Labor Studies Go Global:Toward a Digital Decolonial Turn : pp 2 - 10

• Videos

1. As

12. Sharing economy or Platform Capitalism

Collab consumption

Materials: 2.Z - 2.A

Readings

40. https://www.cleverism.com/introduction-to-sharing-economy/

41. https://medium.com/keycafe/the-history-of-the-sharing-economy-b139e55cdf47

42. https://www.economist.com/news/leaders/21573104-internet-everything-hire-rise-sharing-economy

43. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Collaborative_consumption

44. https://dataridoo.com/sharing-economy/the-evolution-of-the-sharing-economy/

45. http://www.project-disco.org/competition/081513-rent-seeking-and-the-internet-economy-part-1-why-is-the-internet-so-frequently-the-target-of-rent-seekers/

46. https://www.investopedia.com/terms/r/rentseeking.asp

47. Collaborative Economy Companies Need To Start Sharing More Value With The People Who Make Them Valuable

Videos

7. # The Next Sharing Economy

8. Minutes X:XX - Y:YY

Quiz: 2.B. - 2.C

34. What is digital labor?

35. What are the types of digital labor?

36. What are the differences between an employee and an independent contractor?

Essay prompt: 2.D

More Resources: 2.E - 2.F

• Readings

1. Rethinking Microwork: the Invisible Labour of the Platform Economy

2. From a Wage to a Wager: Dynamic Pricing in the Gig Economy : pp. 3 - 6

3. Digital Labor Studies Go Global:Toward a Digital Decolonial Turn : pp 2 - 10

• Videos

1. As

13. Networks

Collab consumption

Materials: 2.Z - 2.A

Readings

47. https://www.nfx.com/post/network-effects-manual/

48. https://www.nfx.com/post/network-effects-bible/

49. https://www.nfx.com/post/network-effects-archives/

50. Mechanisms of intermediary platforms

Videos

8. Reclaiming Work: The Cycle Couriers Subverting The Gig Economy

9. Minutes X:XX - Y:YY

Quiz: 2.B. - 2.C

37. What is digital labor?

38. What are the types of digital labor?

39. What are the differences between an employee and an independent contractor?

Essay prompt: 2.D

More Resources: 2.E - 2.F

• Readings

1. Rethinking Microwork: the Invisible Labour of the Platform Economy

2. From a Wage to a Wager: Dynamic Pricing in the Gig Economy : pp. 3 - 6

3. Digital Labor Studies Go Global:Toward a Digital Decolonial Turn : pp 2 - 10

• Videos

1. As

14. Digital authoritarianism

Collab consumption

Materials: 2.Z - 2.A

Readings

51. https://thediplomat.com/2021/07/can-taiwan-provide-the-alternative-to-digital-authoritarianism/

52. https://www.businessinsider.com/china-social-credit-system-punishments-and-rewards-explained-2018-4?op=1

53. https://www.wired.co.uk/article/china-social-credit-system-explained

54. https://www.consilienceproject.org/taiwans-digital-democracy/

55. # Edward Snowden: the whistleblower behind the NSA surveillance revelations

56. # Google, Amazon, and Microsoft have taken advantage of a commonly used but little-known tool to quietly enter dozens of contracts with ICE and CBP

Videos

9. Reclaiming Work: The Cycle Couriers Subverting The Gig Economy

10. Minutes X:XX - Y:YY

Quiz: 2.B. - 2.C

40. What is digital labor?

41. What are the types of digital labor?

42. What are the differences between an employee and an independent contractor?

Essay prompt: 2.D

More Resources: 2.E - 2.F

• Readings

1. Rethinking Microwork: the Invisible Labour of the Platform Economy

2. From a Wage to a Wager: Dynamic Pricing in the Gig Economy : pp. 3 - 6

3. Digital Labor Studies Go Global:Toward a Digital Decolonial Turn : pp 2 - 10

• Videos

1. As

15. Digital infrastructure

Collab consumption

Materials: 2.Z - 2.A

Readings

51. Democratic Digital Infrastructure

Videos

9. Reclaiming Work: The Cycle Couriers Subverting The Gig Economy

10. Minutes X:XX - Y:YY

Quiz: 2.B. - 2.C

40. What is digital labor?

41. What are the types of digital labor?

42. What are the differences between an employee and an independent contractor?

Essay prompt: 2.D

More Resources: 2.E - 2.F

• Readings

1. Rethinking Microwork: the Invisible Labour of the Platform Economy

2. From a Wage to a Wager: Dynamic Pricing in the Gig Economy : pp. 3 - 6

3. Digital Labor Studies Go Global:Toward a Digital Decolonial Turn : pp 2 - 10

• Videos

1. As

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Part 3: The Platform Cooperativism Movement and Future Industries (industries arising in industry 4.0)

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• This is Part 2 of the slidedeck for the Introduction to Platform Cooperativism micro-course.

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1. Cooperativism and Platforms

2. Drivers of Platform Cooperativism

3. The Platform Cooperativism Movement and Future Industries (industries arising in industry 4.0)

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Please leave a review of the course, preferably for each section.

Read the quiz questions before starting on the materials.

Outline

1. Manifesto & other books & articles

2. What are platform coops?

   1. Definition

   2. Types

   3. Issues

3. Scaling strategies

4. Unique / non-counter examples making own industry?

5. Opportunities

6. Big news so far

7. Derivative forms

8. Open coop

9. Exit to community

10. DWeb convergence

11. Resources

1. manifestos

Materials: 2.Z - 2.A

Readings

1. Platform Cooperativism vs. the Sharing Economy | by Trebor Scholz

2. Ours to hack and to own

3. https://ssc.wisc.edu/~wright/929-utopias-2018/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/Scholz-Uberworked-and-underpaid-chapter-7.pdf

4. https://wiki.fluidproject.org/display/fluid/Platform+Cooperatives+Explained

5. https://wiki.fluidproject.org/display/fluid/Platform+Cooperative+Development+Kit

6. https://wiki.fluidproject.org/display/fluid/Platform+Cooperative+Development+Kit+Components

7. https://medium.com/@trebors/platform-cooperativism-vs-the-sharing-economy-2ea737f1b5ad

10. https://ssc.wisc.edu/~wright/929-utopias-2018/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/Scholz-Uberworked-and-underpaid-chapter-7.pdf

11. https://wiki.p2pfoundation.net/Platform_Cooperativism

12. https://neweconomics.org/uploads/files/Disrupting-Together.pdf

13. https://medium.com/building-worldview/the-case-for-platform-cooperatives-in-digital-media-e1199fa8cb9c

14. https://neweconomics.org/uploads/files/Disrupting-Together.pdf

15. Exploring the governance of platform cooperatives : pp 6-9

Videos

1. Reclaiming Work: The Cycle Couriers Subverting The Gig Economy

2. Minutes X:XX - Y:YY

Quiz: 2.B. - 2.C

1. What is digital labor?

2. What are the types of digital labor?

3. What are the differences between an employee and an independent contractor?

Essay prompt: 2.D

More Resources: 2.E - 2.F

• Readings

1. Rethinking Microwork: the Invisible Labour of the Platform Economy

2. From a Wage to a Wager: Dynamic Pricing in the Gig Economy : pp. 3 - 6

3. Digital Labor Studies Go Global:Toward a Digital Decolonial Turn : pp 2 - 10

• Videos

1. As

2. What are platform coops?

Materials: 2.Z - 2.A

Readings

17. https://wiki.fluidproject.org/display/fluid/Platform+Cooperatives+Explained

18. CoopTech: Platform cooperativism as the engine of solidary growth : pp 9-19

19. Platform and Data Co-Operatives amidst European Pandemic Citizenship : 3.2. Taxonomy for Platform and Data Co-operatives

20. S. Borkin, Platform co-operatives – solving the capital conundrum, Nesta & Co-operatives UK, February 2019.

Videos

2. # A COOPERATIVE STORY N° 8 UP & GO, NEW YORK, USA

3. Minutes X:XX - Y:YY

Quiz: 2.B. - 2.C

4. What is digital labor?

5. What are the types of digital labor?

6. What are the differences between an employee and an independent contractor?

Essay prompt: 2.D

More Resources: 2.E - 2.F

• Readings

1. Rethinking Microwork: the Invisible Labour of the Platform Economy

2. From a Wage to a Wager: Dynamic Pricing in the Gig Economy : pp. 3 - 6

3. Digital Labor Studies Go Global:Toward a Digital Decolonial Turn : pp 2 - 10

• Videos

1. As

8. Resources

Materials: 2.Z - 2.A

Readings

23. https://platformdesigntoolkit.com/toolkit/

24. www.platform.coop

25. https://digilabour.com.br/

26. Loomio

27. Designing positive platforms: a guide for a governance-based approach

28. METHODOLOGY CANVAS SET

29. https://ioo.coop/directory/

30. https://ioo.coop/directory/clouds/

31. https://ioo.coop/2020/04/investor-owned-vs-user-owned-platforms/

32. https://ioo.coop/2020/01/starting-a-cooperative-platform-10-questions-we-answered/

33. https://georgetownlawtechreview.org/exit-to-community-strategies-for-multi-stakeholder-ownership-in-the-platform-economy/GLTR-05-2021/

Videos

3. Reclaiming Work: The Cycle Couriers Subverting The Gig Economy

4. Minutes X:XX - Y:YY

Quiz: 2.B. - 2.C

7. What is digital labor?

8. What are the types of digital labor?

9. What are the differences between an employee and an independent contractor?

Essay prompt: 2.D

More Resources: 2.E - 2.F

• Readings

1. Rethinking Microwork: the Invisible Labour of the Platform Economy

2. From a Wage to a Wager: Dynamic Pricing in the Gig Economy : pp. 3 - 6

3. Digital Labor Studies Go Global:Toward a Digital Decolonial Turn : pp 2 - 10

• Videos

1. As

8. Derivative forms

Materials: 2.Z - 2.A

Readings

38. https://stories.platformdesigntoolkit.com/from-platform-coops-to-exit-to-community-with-nathan-schneider-f16456db3ca4

39. https://blog.p2pfoundation.net/from-platform-to-open-cooperativism/2017/04/26

40. https://elements.disco.coop/

Videos

4. Reclaiming Work: The Cycle Couriers Subverting The Gig Economy

5. Minutes X:XX - Y:YY

Quiz: 2.B. - 2.C

10. What is digital labor?

11. What are the types of digital labor?

12. What are the differences between an employee and an independent contractor?

Essay prompt: 2.D

More Resources: 2.E - 2.F

• Readings

1. Rethinking Microwork: the Invisible Labour of the Platform Economy

2. From a Wage to a Wager: Dynamic Pricing in the Gig Economy : pp. 3 - 6

3. Digital Labor Studies Go Global:Toward a Digital Decolonial Turn : pp 2 - 10

• Videos

1. As

8. Opportunities

Materials: 2.Z - 2.A

Readings

45. https://ioo.coop/2020/02/15-ideas-for-cooperative-platforms/

Videos

5. Reclaiming Work: The Cycle Couriers Subverting The Gig Economy

6. Minutes X:XX - Y:YY

Quiz: 2.B. - 2.C

13. What is digital labor?

14. What are the types of digital labor?

15. What are the differences between an employee and an independent contractor?

Essay prompt: 2.D

More Resources: 2.E - 2.F

• Readings

1. Rethinking Microwork: the Invisible Labour of the Platform Economy

2. From a Wage to a Wager: Dynamic Pricing in the Gig Economy : pp. 3 - 6

3. Digital Labor Studies Go Global:Toward a Digital Decolonial Turn : pp 2 - 10

• Videos

1. As

9. Web3 Intersections

Materials: 2.Z - 2.A

Readings

45. # Decentralisation at Work: Cooperatives on the Blockchain

46. • Venture capital formation for software cooperatives

47. Locking the Web Open with Decentralizing Tech and Platform Co-ops

Videos

5. Reclaiming Work: The Cycle Couriers Subverting The Gig Economy

6. Minutes X:XX - Y:YY

Quiz: 2.B. - 2.C

13. What is digital labor?

14. What are the types of digital labor?

15. What are the differences between an employee and an independent contractor?

Essay prompt: 2.D

More Resources: 2.E - 2.F

• Readings

1. Rethinking Microwork: the Invisible Labour of the Platform Economy

2. From a Wage to a Wager: Dynamic Pricing in the Gig Economy : pp. 3 - 6

3. Digital Labor Studies Go Global:Toward a Digital Decolonial Turn : pp 2 - 10

• Videos

1. As

1. Drivers of Platform Cooperativism

• Drivers: the catalysts for the platform cooperativism movement

• Drivers (and background information):

1. Digital Labor (Microwork)

2. Social Contracts

3. Content Moderation

4. Monopoly power

5. Platform regulation

6. Historic practices (piecemeal work)

7. Data sharing and markets?

8. Need for decentralized web? Data silos? Web2 infrastructure problems (compared with  Web3?) Like AWS and lack of interoperability

9. cloud computing

10. Surveillance capitalism -> Data Protection laws

11. Sharing economy or Platform Capitalism

12. Unions losing power?

13. Use of AI

14. Occupy Wall Street

15. Creator Economy

16. Current Platform Business Models

17. Extractive models

18. Venture Capitalists/Silicon Valley

19. Network effects

2. Digital Labor (Microwork)

Materials: 2.Z - 2.A

Readings

51. Why Uber Drivers Are Fighting For Their Data : Sections X - Y

52. Work in the Planetary Labour Market : Pages X - Y

53. AI needs to face up to its invisible-worker problem

54. Examining Crowd Work and Gig Work Through The Historical Lens of Piecework

55. A REVIEW OF PIECEWORK

56. Literature Review | Human Computer Interaction | West Virginia University

57. Pages X - Y

Videos

6. Reclaiming Work: The Cycle Couriers Subverting The Gig Economy

7. Minutes X:XX - Y:YY

Quiz: 2.B. - 2.C

16. What is digital labor?

17. What are the types of digital labor?

18. What are the differences between an employee and an independent contractor?

Essay prompt: 2.D

More Resources: 2.E - 2.F

• Readings

1. Rethinking Microwork: the Invisible Labour of the Platform Economy

2. From a Wage to a Wager: Dynamic Pricing in the Gig Economy : pp. 3 - 6

3. Digital Labor Studies Go Global:Toward a Digital Decolonial Turn : pp 2 - 10

• Videos

1. As

3. Social Contract -> Digital Rights

Outline

Social contract -> digital rights

1. Governance

2. Stakeholder engagement

3. Dispute resolution

4. Content/Speech

5. Content moderation

6. Algorithmic social feeds and content curation

7. Advertising content and targeted advertisements

8. Censorship demands (e.g., copyright strikes)

9. Privacy

10. Mention article on how useless privacy policy is

11. Mention article on how companies are not incentivized to keep user data secure (article on Equifax data breach)

12. Giving information to governments

13. Mention article on development of GDPR and CCPA

Schedule an interview with a researcher on a paper you like.

Add https://rankingdigitalrights.org/index2020/companies/Twitter as further reading

Materials: 2.Z - 2.A

Readings

3 areas basd on DRI:

• Governance

inc

56. Why Uber Drivers Are Fighting For Their Data : Sections X - Y

57. Work in the Planetary Labour Market : Pages X - Y

58. AI needs to face up to its invisible-worker problem

59. Examining Crowd Work and Gig Work Through The Historical Lens of Piecework

60. A REVIEW OF PIECEWORK

61. Literature Review | Human Computer Interaction | West Virginia University

62. Pages X - Y

Videos

7. Reclaiming Work: The Cycle Couriers Subverting The Gig Economy

8. Minutes X:XX - Y:YY

Quiz: 2.B. - 2.C

19. What is digital labor?

20. What are the types of digital labor?

21. What are the differences between an employee and an independent contractor?

Essay prompt: 2.D

More Resources: 2.E - 2.F

• Readings

1. Rethinking Microwork: the Invisible Labour of the Platform Economy

2. From a Wage to a Wager: Dynamic Pricing in the Gig Economy : pp. 3 - 6

3. Digital Labor Studies Go Global:Toward a Digital Decolonial Turn : pp 2 - 10

• Videos

1. \As

3. Competition & Monopoly

Materials: 2.Z - 2.A

2. Articles

3. Must

4. Optional

5. Ohio v. American Express Co.

6. Defining the market in the Epic Games v. Apple trial

7. A COMPREHENSIVE BREAKDOWN OF THE EPIC V. APPLE RULING

8. Antitrust in 60 Seconds: Market Definition

9. https://www.wired.com/story/copycat-how-facebook-tried-to-squash-snapchat/

10. https://www.zdnet.com/article/apple-distorted-competition-in-the-music-streaming-market-says-eu/

11. https://www.cbsnews.com/news/facebook-antitrust-case-wall-street/

12. Podcasts

13. https://www.listennotes.com/podcasts/the-journal/snapchats-secret-dossier-on-aGi7WCPZ63-/

15. Questions:

16. What are the 3 realms of a social contract

• Articles

1. Antitrust in 60 Seconds: Vertical vs. Horizontal Mergers

2. Antitrust in 60 Seconds: Multi-Sided Business Models

3. Facebook copies Snapchat: examples

4. The feds want to break up Facebook. Good luck with that.

5. https://ilsr.org/fact-sheet-how-breaking-up-amazon-can-empower-small-business/#_edn7

6. Amazon: Small Business Friend or Foe?

7. https://www.project-disco.org/competition/111717-antitrust-in-60-seconds-is-the-consumer-welfare-standard-appropriate/

8. https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/Learn-About-TR/TR-Encyclopedia/Capitalism-and-Labor/The-Sherman-Act.aspx

9. Justice Department Sues Monopolist Google For Violating Antitrust Laws

Quiz: 2.B. - 2.C

22. What is digital labor?

23. What are the types of digital labor?

24. What are the differences between an employee and an independent contractor?

Essay prompt: 2.D

More Resources: 2.E - 2.F

• Readings

1. Rethinking Microwork: the Invisible Labour of the Platform Economy

2. From a Wage to a Wager: Dynamic Pricing in the Gig Economy : pp. 3 - 6

3. Digital Labor Studies Go Global:Toward a Digital Decolonial Turn : pp 2 - 10

• Videos

1. As

4. Surveillance Capitalism

Materials: 2.Z - 2.A

5. Readings

6. Matthew Crain, How Surveillance Advertising Seized Our Data and Hijacked the Web

7. NLP needs to be open. 500+ researchers are trying to make it happen

8. Geoffrey A. Fowler, The spy in your wallet: Credit cards have a privacy problem, Wash. Post, https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2019/08/26/spy-your-wallet-credit-cards-have-privacy-problem/ , Aug. 26, 2019.

9. https://sopa.tulane.edu/blog/key-social-media-privacy-issues-2020

10. https://www.nesta.org.uk/blog/new-ecosystem-trust/?source=post_page—————————

11. https://www.citylab.com/transportation/2019/08/uber-drivers-lawsuit-personal-data-ride-hailing-gig-economy/594232/

12. Questions:

13. What are the 3 realms of a social contract

Quiz: 2.B. - 2.C

25. What is digital labor?

26. What are the types of digital labor?

27. What are the differences between an employee and an independent contractor?

Essay prompt: 2.D

More Resources: 2.E - 2.F

• Readings

1. Rethinking Microwork: the Invisible Labour of the Platform Economy

2. From a Wage to a Wager: Dynamic Pricing in the Gig Economy : pp. 3 - 6

3. Digital Labor Studies Go Global:Toward a Digital Decolonial Turn : pp 2 - 10

• Videos

1. As

5. Creator Economy

Materials: 2.Z - 2.A

7. Readings

8. The creator economy is in crisis. Now let’s fix it.

9. The creator economy is in crisis. Now let’s fix it. — Mirror

10. The Passion Economy and the Future of Work

12. Questions:

13. What are the 3 realms of a social contract

Quiz: 2.B. - 2.C

28. What is digital labor?

29. What are the types of digital labor?

30. What are the differences between an employee and an independent contractor?

Essay prompt: 2.D

More Resources: 2.E - 2.F

• Readings

1. Rethinking Microwork: the Invisible Labour of the Platform Economy

2. From a Wage to a Wager: Dynamic Pricing in the Gig Economy : pp. 3 - 6

3. Digital Labor Studies Go Global:Toward a Digital Decolonial Turn : pp 2 - 10

• Videos

1. As

6. Content

Materials: 2.Z - 2.A

10. Readings

11. The Ethical and Privacy Issues of Recommendation Engines on Media Platforms

12. Why we’ve all had enough of bad recommendations

13. Stephanie Rieger, Regulate the web:Free expression, harmful speech, and the future of the internet

14. Targeted ads isolate and divide us even when they’re not political – new research

15. The real consequences of Patreon’s adult content crackdown

16. YouTube’s copyright claim system abused by extorters

17. YouTube’s copyright strikes have become a tool for extortion

18. Red Scare: Cold War, McCarthyism & Facts - HISTORY

19. Facebook Bans Louis Farrakhan, Alex Jones and Others as ‘Dangerous’

20. How the biggest decentralized social network is dealing with its Nazi problem

21. YouTube Demonetizes ‘Coronavirus’, Prompting Creators to Tiptoe Around Certain Recent Events

22. How sex censorship killed the internet we love

23. https://observer.com/2017/12/twitter-suspends-alt-right-groups-hate-speech/

24. https://www.engadget.com/2018-07-19-facebook-take-down-fake-news-violence.html

27. Questions:

28. What are the 3 realms of a social contract

Quiz: 2.B. - 2.C

31. What is digital labor?

32. What are the types of digital labor?

33. What are the differences between an employee and an independent contractor?

Essay prompt: 2.D

More Resources: 2.E - 2.F

• Readings

1. Rethinking Microwork: the Invisible Labour of the Platform Economy

2. From a Wage to a Wager: Dynamic Pricing in the Gig Economy : pp. 3 - 6

3. Digital Labor Studies Go Global:Toward a Digital Decolonial Turn : pp 2 - 10

• Videos

1. As

7. Unions

Materials: 2.Z - 2.A

13. Readings

14. The rise and fall of US labor unions, and why they still matter

15. What Caused the Decline of Unions in America?

16. As unions decline, inequality rises

17. Unions help reduce disparities and strengthen our democracy

18. The enormous impact of eroded collective bargaining on wages

19. https://www.history.com/topics/19th-century/labor

20. https://declinenow.org/open-letter-to-doordash/?v=47e5dceea252

21. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-57841055

22. https://techcrunch.com/2021/09/01/streamers-are-boycotting-twitch-today-to-protest-the-platforms-lack-of-action-on-hate-raids/

23. https://logicmag.io/distribution/mutual-aid-stations/

24. http://www.relats.org/documentos/FT.SIND.GU.UNIgigeconomy.pdf

25. Questions:

26. What are the 3 realms of a social contract

Quiz: 2.B. - 2.C

34. What is digital labor?

35. What are the types of digital labor?

36. What are the differences between an employee and an independent contractor?

Essay prompt: 2.D

More Resources: 2.E - 2.F

• Readings

1. Rethinking Microwork: the Invisible Labour of the Platform Economy

2. From a Wage to a Wager: Dynamic Pricing in the Gig Economy : pp. 3 - 6

3. Digital Labor Studies Go Global:Toward a Digital Decolonial Turn : pp 2 - 10

• Videos

1. As

8. Occupy Wall Street

Materials: 2.Z - 2.A

16. Readings

17. What Happened to Occupy Wall Street?

18. Occupy Wall Street Changed Everything

19. Life can be different: 10 years ago, Occupy Wall Street changed the world

21. Questions:

22. What are the 3 realms of a social contract

Quiz: 2.B. - 2.C

37. What is digital labor?

38. What are the types of digital labor?

39. What are the differences between an employee and an independent contractor?

Essay prompt: 2.D

More Resources: 2.E - 2.F

• Readings

1. Rethinking Microwork: the Invisible Labour of the Platform Economy

2. From a Wage to a Wager: Dynamic Pricing in the Gig Economy : pp. 3 - 6

3. Digital Labor Studies Go Global:Toward a Digital Decolonial Turn : pp 2 - 10

• Videos

1. As

9. Use of AI

Materials: 2.Z - 2.A

19. Readings

20. Paths Forward for the Study of the Digital Economy Labour : pp 2-3

21. Timrit gebru/AI etics

22. Huggingface

23. EleutherAI

24. https://sitn.hms.harvard.edu/flash/2020/racial-discrimination-in-face-recognition-technology/

25. https://venturebeat.com/2021/07/14/nlp-needs-to-be-open-500-researchers-are-trying-to-make-it-happen/

27. Questions:

28. What are the 3 realms of a social contract

Quiz: 2.B. - 2.C

40. What is digital labor?

41. What are the types of digital labor?

42. What are the differences between an employee and an independent contractor?

Essay prompt: 2.D

More Resources: 2.E - 2.F

• Readings

1. Rethinking Microwork: the Invisible Labour of the Platform Economy

2. From a Wage to a Wager: Dynamic Pricing in the Gig Economy : pp. 3 - 6

3. Digital Labor Studies Go Global:Toward a Digital Decolonial Turn : pp 2 - 10

• Videos

1. As

10. Web2 & Cloud Infrastructure

Materials: 2.Z - 2.A

Readings

61. How Parler deplatforming shows power of Amazon, cloud providers

62. https://ethereum.org/en/developers/docs/web2-vs-web3/#web3-limitations

63. http://ijcsit.com/docs/Volume%205/vol5issue06/ijcsit20140506265.pdf

64. https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2016/11/the-lost-civilization-of-dial-up-bulletin-board-systems/506465/

65. https://www.practicalecommerce.com/Basic-Definitions-Web-1-0-Web-2-0-Web-3-0

66. http://blockchainhub.net/web3-decentralized-web/

67. https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2016/11/the-lost-civilization-of-dial-up-bulletin-board-systems/506465/

68. https://backdrifting.net/post/034_alt_media_platforms

69. https://backdrifting.net/post/019_democratic_censorship

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8. Reclaiming Work: The Cycle Couriers Subverting The Gig Economy

9. Minutes X:XX - Y:YY

Quiz: 2.B. - 2.C

43. What is digital labor?

44. What are the types of digital labor?

45. What are the differences between an employee and an independent contractor?

Essay prompt: 2.D

More Resources: 2.E - 2.F

• Readings

1. Rethinking Microwork: the Invisible Labour of the Platform Economy

2. From a Wage to a Wager: Dynamic Pricing in the Gig Economy : pp. 3 - 6

3. Digital Labor Studies Go Global:Toward a Digital Decolonial Turn : pp 2 - 10

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11. Current Platform Business Models

Materials: 2.Z - 2.A

Readings

71. Why Uber Drivers Are Fighting For Their Data : Sections X - Y

72. Work in the Planetary Labour Market : Pages X - Y

73. AI needs to face up to its invisible-worker problem

74. Examining Crowd Work and Gig Work Through The Historical Lens of Piecework

75. A REVIEW OF PIECEWORK

76. Literature Review | Human Computer Interaction | West Virginia University

77. Pages X - Y

Videos

9. Reclaiming Work: The Cycle Couriers Subverting The Gig Economy

10. Minutes X:XX - Y:YY

Quiz: 2.B. - 2.C

46. What is digital labor?

47. What are the types of digital labor?

48. What are the differences between an employee and an independent contractor?

Essay prompt: 2.D

More Resources: 2.E - 2.F

• Readings

1. Rethinking Microwork: the Invisible Labour of the Platform Economy

2. From a Wage to a Wager: Dynamic Pricing in the Gig Economy : pp. 3 - 6

3. Digital Labor Studies Go Global:Toward a Digital Decolonial Turn : pp 2 - 10

• Videos

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12. Sharing economy or Platform Capitalism

Collab consumption

Materials: 2.Z - 2.A

Readings

76. https://www.cleverism.com/introduction-to-sharing-economy/

77. https://medium.com/keycafe/the-history-of-the-sharing-economy-b139e55cdf47

78. https://www.economist.com/news/leaders/21573104-internet-everything-hire-rise-sharing-economy

79. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Collaborative_consumption

80. https://dataridoo.com/sharing-economy/the-evolution-of-the-sharing-economy/

81. http://www.project-disco.org/competition/081513-rent-seeking-and-the-internet-economy-part-1-why-is-the-internet-so-frequently-the-target-of-rent-seekers/

82. https://www.investopedia.com/terms/r/rentseeking.asp

Videos

10. Reclaiming Work: The Cycle Couriers Subverting The Gig Economy

11. Minutes X:XX - Y:YY

Quiz: 2.B. - 2.C

49. What is digital labor?

50. What are the types of digital labor?

51. What are the differences between an employee and an independent contractor?

Essay prompt: 2.D

More Resources: 2.E - 2.F

• Readings

1. Rethinking Microwork: the Invisible Labour of the Platform Economy

2. From a Wage to a Wager: Dynamic Pricing in the Gig Economy : pp. 3 - 6

3. Digital Labor Studies Go Global:Toward a Digital Decolonial Turn : pp 2 - 10

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13. Networks

Collab consumption

Materials: 2.Z - 2.A

Readings

83. https://www.nfx.com/post/network-effects-manual/

84. https://www.nfx.com/post/network-effects-bible/

85. https://www.nfx.com/post/network-effects-archives/

Videos

11. Reclaiming Work: The Cycle Couriers Subverting The Gig Economy

12. Minutes X:XX - Y:YY

Quiz: 2.B. - 2.C

52. What is digital labor?

53. What are the types of digital labor?

54. What are the differences between an employee and an independent contractor?

Essay prompt: 2.D

More Resources: 2.E - 2.F

• Readings

1. Rethinking Microwork: the Invisible Labour of the Platform Economy

2. From a Wage to a Wager: Dynamic Pricing in the Gig Economy : pp. 3 - 6

3. Digital Labor Studies Go Global:Toward a Digital Decolonial Turn : pp 2 - 10

• Videos

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