Proceedings of the 2022 International Conference on Science and Technology Ethics and Human Future (STEHF 2022)

The Algorithm-Based Platform Economy: A New Terrain of Control and Resistance

Authors
Yukun Sun1, *
1Department of Anthropology, London School of Economics and Political Science, Houghton St, London WC2A 2AE, UK
*Corresponding author. Email: Y.Sun73@lse.ac.uk
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Yukun Sun
Available Online 4 July 2022.
DOI
10.2991/assehr.k.220701.030How to use a DOI?
Keywords
the platform economy; algorithm control; human agency; labor practice
Abstract

The rise and spread of platform economy, along with more flexible employment relations, is constantly changing the labor practices of most developed and developing countries. The predominant focus of popular public narratives is on the economic value of algorithms. On the contrary, the task of this article is to ask questions about these existing knowledges and pay attention to labor control and labor resistance in this changing labor process. Based on literature on gig workers, this article argues that the algorithm, as the technological basis of platform economy, more subtly controls labor behaviors and curtail workers’ voice. At the same time, new technologies and work arrangements also provide them with opportunities to make use of their agency.

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Volume Title
Proceedings of the 2022 International Conference on Science and Technology Ethics and Human Future (STEHF 2022)
Series
Advances in Social Science, Education and Humanities Research
Publication Date
4 July 2022
ISBN
10.2991/assehr.k.220701.030
ISSN
2352-5398
DOI
10.2991/assehr.k.220701.030How to use a DOI?
Copyright
© 2022 The Authors. Published by Atlantis Press SARL.
Open Access
This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC 4.0 license.

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