Digital Labour in Chinese Internet Industries

• Published in: TripleC Vol. 12; no. 2; pp. 668 - 668–693
• Main Author: Xia, Bingqing
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Salzburg TripleC Communication, Capitalism & Critique, published by Information Society Research 01.09.2014; Paderborn University: Media Systems and Media Organisation Research Group
• Subjects: Chinese internet workers; Digital broadcasting; digital labour; exploitation; Internet; Manual workers; Quality of working life; Working conditions

Digital labour has been the subject of considerable research in recent years (Van Dijck 2009, Manzerolle 2010, Dyer-Witheford 2010). But relatively little research has considered professional workers in digital media. This research addresses this gap by focusing on professional workers in the Chines...