Technology Studies

21

Apr

Labor in a Time of Crisis

COVID-19 has laid bare the enormous gap between the value that frontline workers bring to society and the low wages many earn in return.

04

Jan

History Predicted ICE’s Use of Facial Recognition on Your Driver’s License

Facial recognition technology is notoriously unreliable in its efforts to accurately identify people of color.

10

Dec

How Uber Can Fix Its Sexual Misconduct Problem—From an Expert on the Gig Economy

Uber has released their safety report detailing thousands of incidents of sexual assault. But as Sociologist & Gig Economy Researcher Alexandrea J. Ravenelle says in her New York Times op-ed, the statistics in the report don’t tell the whole story.

04

Nov

When Artificial Intelligence and Trucking Merge

UC Press is proud to be part of the Association of University Press’s eighth annual University Press Week, whose overall theme this year is Read. Think. Act.“Through this positive theme AUPresses members worldwide seek …

11

Jun

Can You Retire When You Work in the Gig Economy?

Many assume that only younger people work in the gig economy. But according to Alexandrea J. Ravenelle, author of Hustle and Gig: Struggling and Surviving in the Sharing Economy, “about a quarter …

01

Jun

FOSTA, Sex Trafficking, and Automated Anti-Trafficking Interventions

This updated post is published in conjunction with the Law and Society Association conference in Washington, D.C., May 30 – June, 2, 2019. #LSADC19 By Jennifer Musto, author of Control and Protect: Collaboration, …

09

May

Uber and Lyft Drivers on Strike

With Uber and Lyft drivers on strike yesterday ahead of the Uber IPO, the drivers brought to light the precarity of gig work. On CBS News, Alex Rosenblat, technology ethnographer and author …

26

Mar

Gig Workers Fighting Back

As more people participate in the gig economy, workers are looking to organize so companies are held accountable for the labor market that they’ve helped create. In the San Francisco Chronicle piece on …

07

Mar

See Alex Rosenblat at SXSW on the Culture of Precarious Work in Uberland

“The promise of free gold is perhaps a fitting symbol for the gap between hype and reality in Uberland. A culture of shaky and insecure work in precarious times shapes the dynamics …

06

Mar

Inspiring Meaningful Change at SXSW

As we count down the days to the start of SXSW (March 8-17 in Austin, TX), we are reminded how the festival—once known for it’s focus on music, entertainment, and media—has grown to …