towerofsleep: culturite: Digital Labor “Digital Labor asks whether life on the internet is mostly work, or play. We tweet, we tag photos, we link, we review books, we comment on blogs, we remix media, and we upload video to create much of the content that makes up the web. And large corporations profit on our online activity by tracking our interests, affiliations, and habits—and then collecting and selling the data. What is the nature of this interactive ‘labor’ and the new forms of digital sociality that it brings into being? The international, interdisciplinary contributors to Digital Labor suggest that there is no longer a clear divide between ‘the personal’ and ‘work,’ as every aspect of life drives the digital economy: sexual desire, boredom, friendship—and all become fodder for speculative profit. They argue that we are living in a total labor society and the way in which we are commoditized, racialized, and engendered is profoundly and disturbingly normalized by the dominant discourse of digital culture.” New volume featuring Jodi Dean, McKenzie Wark, Andrew Ross, and others. WHOA HELLO I remember talking to Mr. Frey one day about how everyone’s “busy”. “It’s the stock response—how are you? ‘Busy”.  I have a feeling everyone’s so busy because of the internet.”

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Digital Labor

“Digital Labor asks whether life on the internet is mostly work, or play. We tweet, we tag photos, we link, we review books, we comment on blogs, we remix media, and we upload video to create much of the content that makes up the web. And large corporations profit on our online activity by tracking our interests, affiliations, and habits—and then collecting and selling the data. What is the nature of this interactive ‘labor’ and the new forms of digital sociality that it brings into being?

The international, interdisciplinary contributors to Digital Labor suggest that there is no longer a clear divide between ‘the personal’ and ‘work,’ as every aspect of life drives the digital economy: sexual desire, boredom, friendship—and all become fodder for speculative profit. They argue that we are living in a total labor society and the way in which we are commoditized, racialized, and engendered is profoundly and disturbingly normalized by the dominant discourse of digital culture.”

New volume featuring Jodi Dean, McKenzie Wark, Andrew Ross, and others.

WHOA HELLO

I remember talking to Mr. Frey one day about how everyone’s “busy”.

“It’s the stock response—how are you? ‘Busy”.  I have a feeling everyone’s so busy because of the internet.”

Oct. 1 2012
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