Media, Information and Technoculture 3376F/G Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: User-Generated Content, Enterprise Resource Planning, Business Process Reengineering
14 Mar 2018
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Digital labour: digital technology in the workplace, effects on workers, significant focus on efficiency, effi(cid:272)ie(cid:374)(cid:272)(cid:455) is(cid:374)"t al(cid:449)a(cid:455)s the (cid:271)est, labour and user-generated content, concerns about prosumers is that work is exploited for profit. Digital work: when digital technologies and applications enter into the workplace, there are gains and losses, business benefits, simplified work processes. Increased connectivity through use of digital tools: more mobility and ability to work remotely for workers. The first issue is that this technology-guided approach to work leads to all kinds of problems for the people who work within these systems. Increased pressure because the only place to speed things up is with the workers again: reliance on technology, because work can"t function without it and everyone has limited skills. Issues between workers and management resulting from pressure, job practices, and lack of control. Collectively, these issues make work less pleasant and a lot more stressful for the people who work in them.
