[Commlist] IJoC Publishes a Special Section on Worker Resistance in Digital Capitalism

International Journal of Communication Publishes a Special Section on Worker
Resistance in Digital Capitalism

After years of enthusiasm, the political promises of a long wave of worker
struggles within and against the digital economy must be evaluated
critically. Local manifestations of worker resistance show the multiple
tactics and sources of solidarity that underpin a renewed challenge to the
power of global digital capital.
Guest-edited by Julie Chen, Alessandro Delfanti, and Michelle Phan, this
Special Section on Worker Resistance in Digital Capitalism aims to provide a
better understanding of collective action in the global digital economy.
This Special Section features studies from Brazil, India, Indonesia, United
Kingdom, the United States, and the Philippines tracking the challenges and
conditions of possibility for worker organizing. The authors examine both
mundane and novel tactics adopted by workers for labor action, solidarity
building, and construction of alternatives to digital capitalism's power. Be
it in food delivery, video production, care, or legal work, these struggles
cannot be separated from their local specificities. Structural constraints
encountered by workers include postcolonial conditions, local economic
regimes, global divisions of labor, institutional privileges or barriers,
and the identity of the workers themselves.

Together, the contributions to this Special Section suggest that struggles
in the digital economy are politically, economically, and culturally
situated. Yet, multiple sources of solidarity have the potential to cross
the differences described in the articles.    We invite you to read 
these articles that published in the International
Journal of Communication on June 6, 2023. Please log into ijoc.org to read
the papers of interest. We look forward to your feedback! 
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Worker Resistance in Digital Capitalism—Introduction
Julie Chen, Alessandro Delfanti, Michelle Phan

Algorithmized Not Atomized: The Distributed Solidarity of Jakarta's Gig
Workers
Rida Qadri
Communication and Work From Below: The Role of Communication in Organizing
Delivery Platform Workers
Rafael Grohmann, Mateus Mendonça, Jamie Woodcock
 On the Shoulders of Automation: A Worker's Inquiry Into the Hybrid 
Nature of
the Legal Managed Services Industry (LPO/ALSP)
Sreyan Chatterjee

Solidarity and Resistance Meet Social Enterprise: The Social Logic of
Alternative Cloudwork Platforms Cheryll Ruth Soriano

A Politics of Judgement?: Alienation and Platformized Creative Labor 
Michael L. Siciliano

Platform Counterpublics: Networked Gossip and Resistance Beyond 
Platforms Julia Ticona, M. Ryan Tsapatsaris

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Larry Gross, Editor Kady Bell-Garcia, Managing Editor
Chi Zhang, Managing Editor, Special Sections
Julie Chen, Alessandro Delfanti, and Michelle Phan, Guest Editors
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Annenberg Press
(annpress /at/ usc.edu)
International Journal of Communication
USC Annenberg Press
Annenberg School of Communication & Journalism
University of Southern California
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International Journal of Communication (IJoC)
USC Annenberg Press
University of Southern California
http://ijoc.org/
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