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Media, Comms, Global Change (MCGC)

Platform labor: from 'digital labor' to 'labor publics'

University Room: David T. McGovern Grand Salon (C-104)
C-104
Friday, April 20, 2018 - 09:00 to 12:00

Come along for part two of the Civic Media Lab Seminar Series 'Platform Swindles, Platform Struggles.' The series of conferences will bring together web professionals, platform managers, workers and users, associative activists, students, and researchers.

In the second part of the seminar series, Alessandro Gandini of King's College London and Dafni Mangalousi of the University of Leicester, will speak with Prof. Jayson Harsin on the topic of 'Platform labor: from 'digital labor' to 'labor publics'.'

In seminar one, Prof. Waddick Doyle will be joined by Brice Nixon of the University of Pennsylvania, Annenberg School for Communication, and Iain Riddell of the University of Leicester to explore the theme of: 'From theories of digital/audience labour to digital class struggle: applications of critical research on the communication and culture industries.' Find out more about that event here.

ALL WELCOME. Please register at least 48h in advance, by sending an email to amizrahiataup.edu