Heteromation, and Other Stories of Computing and Capitalism

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Hamid R. Ekbia (Professor of Informatics, Cognitive Science, and International Studies, and Director of the Center f, Indiana University) Bonnie A. Nardi

Heteromation, and Other Stories of Computing and Capitalism

Hamid R. Ekbia (Professor of Informatics, Cognitive Science, and International Studies, and Director of the Center f, Indiana University), Bonnie A. Nardi, Bonnie A. Nardi , Victor Kaptelinin (Professor, Umea University)

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MIT Press
04 May 2017

Industrial arbitration & negotiation; Human-computer interaction

Series: Acting with Technology

An exploration of a new division of laborbetween machines and humans, in which people provide value to the economy with little or no compensation.

The computerization of the economy-and everyday life-has transformed the division of labor between humans and machines, shifting many people into work that is hidden, poorly compensated, or accepted as part of being a ""user"" of digital technology. Through our clicks and swipes, logins and profiles, emails and posts, we are, more or less willingly, participating in digital activities that yield economic value to others but little or no return to us. Hamid Ekbia and Bonnie Nardi call this kind of participation-the extraction of economic value from low-cost or free labor in computer-mediated networks-""heteromation."" In this book, they explore the social and technological processes through which economic value is extracted from digitally mediated work, the nature of the value created, and what prompts people to participate in the process.

Arguing that heteromation is a new logic of capital accumulation, Ekbia and Nardi consider different kinds of heteromated labor- communicative labor, seen in user-generated content on social media; cognitive labor, including microwork and self-service; creative labor, from gaming environments to literary productions; emotional labor, often hidden within paid jobs; and organizing labor, made up of collaborative groups such as citizen scientists. Ekbia and Nardi then offer a utopian vision- heteromation refigured to bring end users more fully into the prosperity of capitalism.

By: Hamid R. Ekbia (Professor of Informatics Cognitive Science and International Studies and Director of the Center f Indiana University), Bonnie A. Nardi
Series edited by: Bonnie A. Nardi, Victor Kaptelinin (Professor, Umea University), Kirsten A. Foot (Associate Professor, University of Washington)
Imprint: MIT Press
Country of Publication: United States
Edition: 1
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm, Spine: 24mm
Weight: 499g
ISBN: 9780262036252
ISBN 10: 0262036258
Series: Acting with Technology
Pages: 280
Publication Date: 04 May 2017
Recommended Age: From 18 years
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Hamid R. Ekbia is Professor of Informatics, Cognitive Science, and International Studies, andDirector of the Center for Research on Mediated Interaction at Indiana University Bloomington. He is the author of Artificial Dreams- The Quest for Non-Biological Intelligence anda coeditor ofBig Data Is Not a Monolith(MIT Press). Bonnie A. Nardi is Professor of Informatics in the Donald Bren School of Information and Computer Sciences at the University of California, Irvine, and Cofounder of Center for Research in Sustainability, Collapse-preparedness, and Information Technology there. She is the coauthor of Acting with Technology (MIT Press).