Amazon Mechanical Turk and the commodification of labour
Amazon Mechanical Turk and the commodification of labour
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DOI：
10.1111/ntwe.12038
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发表时间：
2014-11-01
影响因子：
5.8
通讯作者：
Howcroft, Debra
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作者：
Bergvall-Kareborn, Birgitta;Howcroft, Debra
大众就业平台使企业能够利用互联网技术来获取劳动力和专业知识。不再将工作外包到低成本地区，而是可以使用虚拟网络将曾经由内部员工执行的职能外包给未定义的数字劳动力池。这使得企业能够在获得不受传统劳动法律法规限制的灵活、可扩展的劳动力时转移成本并减轻风险。 “点击工作”的微观任务是乏味、重复性的，而且报酬很低，报酬往往远低于最低工资。本文将对最受欢迎的众包网站之一 Mechanical Turk 进行分析，以阐明亚马逊的平台如何使一系列公司能够以低成本获得数字劳动力，并且无需任何相关的社会保护或道德义务。
Crowd employment platforms enable firms to source labour and expertise by leveraging Internet technology. Rather than offshoring jobs to low-cost geographies, functions once performed by internal employees can be outsourced to an undefined pool of digital labour using a virtual network. This enables firms to shift costs and offload risk as they access a flexible, scalable workforce that sits outside the traditional boundaries of labour laws and regulations. The micro-tasks of clickwork' are tedious, repetitive and poorly paid, with remuneration often well below minimum wage. This article will present an analysis of one of the most popular crowdsourcing sitesMechanical Turkto illuminate how Amazon's platform enables an array of companies to access digital labour at low cost and without any of the associated social protection or moral obligation.