The Taking Economy: Uber, Information, and Power

By Ryan Calo, Alex Rosenblat. 2017

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Subfields: Automotive Engineering, Marketing, Sociology and Political Science

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Über-Alienated: Powerless and Alone in the Gig Economy (2021, unknown): “…use geolocation technologies to collect detailed data on driving behaviours and trip transactions, while many online 404 Work and Occupations 48(4) freelancing platforms record workers’ screens and keystrokes in an effort to ensure worker productivity (Calo & Rosenblat, 2017; Wood et al., 2019).”
Algorithms at Work: The New Contested Terrain of Control (2020, methodology): “For example, platform organizations such as Uber used algorithms to narrow shift choices, ride choices, or delivery choices to smooth service offerings (Calo & Rosenblat, 2017; Lee et al., 2015).”
Opportunities and Challenges for Artificial Intelligence in India (2018, background): “A recent essay by Calo and Rosenblat (2017) serves as a compelling account of this worrying possibility.”
Equity of Attention: Amortizing Individual Fairness in Rankings (2018, background): “3210063 The ongoing migration to online markets and the growing dependence of many users on these platforms in securing an income have spurred investigations into the issues of bias, discrimination and fairness in the platforms’ mechanisms [5, 26].”
What Do Platforms Do? Understanding the Gig Economy (2020, background): “First, by generating a wealth of data about their internal operations but sharing this information unevenly, they foster information asymmetries within the firm (Calo & Rosenblat 2017).”
The battle of the buzzwords: A comparative review of the circular economy and the sharing economy concepts (2021, background): “Furthermore, scale economies and network externalities, combined with the high costs of switching, can lead to platform provider monopolies as well as information and power imbalances (Calo and Rosenblat, 2017; Ritter, Schanz, 2019; Theurl et al., 2015).”