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Tech labor: a new interactions forum

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Interactions, Volume 28, Issue 4

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https://doi.org/10.1145/3466994

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Nedzhvetskaya NTan J(2024)Labor's Stake in Shaping Tech FuturesInteractions10.1145/366599031:4(50-53)Online publication date: 26-Jun-2024
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Tech labor: a new interactions forum
1. Human-centered computing
  1. Human computer interaction (HCI)
2. Social and professional topics
  1. Professional topics
    1. Computing and business
      1. Automation
      2. Employment issues
  2. User characteristics
    1. Cultural characteristics

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ISSN:1072-5520

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DOI:10.1145/3473368

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Thuppilikkat ADhar DChandra P(2024)Union Makes Us Strong: Space, Technology, and On-Demand Ridesourcing Digital Labour PlatformsProceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction10.1145/36870028:CSCW2(1-36)Online publication date: 8-Nov-2024
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3687002
Nedzhvetskaya NTan J(2024)Labor's Stake in Shaping Tech FuturesInteractions10.1145/366599031:4(50-53)Online publication date: 26-Jun-2024
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3665990
Avle S(2022)Hardware and data in the platform era: Chinese smartphones in AfricaMedia, Culture & Society10.1177/0163443722112893544:8(1473-1489)Online publication date: 18-Oct-2022
https://doi.org/10.1177/01634437221128935

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