Free Labour on the Net: paradoxes between the Gift and the Recognition

Journal title SOCIOLOGIA DEL LAVORO
Author/s Anna Cossetta, Sergio Labate
Publishing Year 2014 Issue 2014/133
Language Italian Pages 11 P. 196-206 File size 577 KB
DOI 10.3280/SL2014-133014
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The Web has become a frame of re-socialization of the productive sphere: paradoxically everyone have a job, everyone can work, playing between ego and alter. Internet rhetoric insists on gratuity, sharing, produsage. In the Net we assist at a ri-semantization of work, through ethical emphasis on gift and reputation models. There is a perceived value of bond that tries to compensate for economic loss, but the risk of exploitation is always lurking. Our research question is: What is gratuity in Internet work and Why it seems to be so distinct from internship, apprenticeships, and other free tools in industrial work? Starting from a qualitative analysis, our reflection will be developed on an interdisciplinary approach: sociological and philosophical.

Keywords: Free labour, gift, Internet, reputation, produsage, recognition

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Anna Cossetta, Sergio Labate, Il lavoro gratuito in rete: tra paradossi del dono e del riconoscimento in "SOCIOLOGIA DEL LAVORO " 133/2014, pp 196-206, DOI: 10.3280/SL2014-133014