IL LAVORO NELLA PLATFORM SOCIETY: ALGORITMI, SORVEGLIANZA E LA SFIDA DELL’UNIVERSITÀ/WORK IN THE PLAFTORM SOCIETY: ALGORITHMS, SURVEILLANCE AND THE CHALLENGE FOR UNIVERSITIES

Abstract

This article explores the issue of labor in the platform society. Referring to and engaging with the most prominent critical and analytical literature, the article seeks to provide a comprehensive perspective which can account for the complexity and heterogeneity of the phenomenon; understood as a socio-technical ecosystem in which economic, legal, cultural and technological issues interact. With this aim, the paper proposes to articulate the concept of work in the platform society in four ways: work for the platforms, work with the platforms, work on the platforms and work of the platforms. As is argued, such modalities are evermore identifiable in the public sphere, and especially so in university and research institutions.

Keywords:

Platform Society, Labor, Algorithms, Surveillance, University.