Ludification as a Lens for Algorithmic Management: A Case Study of Gig-Workers' Experiences of Ambiguity in Instacart Work

D Ramesh, C Henning, N Escher, H Zhu… - Proceedings of the …, 2023 - dl.acm.org
On-demand work platforms are attractive alternatives to traditional employment
arrangements. However, several questions around employment classification …

A mixed-methods analysis of the algorithm-mediated labor of online food deliverers in China

Z Chen, X Lan, J Piao, Y Zhang, Y Li - … of the ACM on Human-Computer …, 2022 - dl.acm.org
In recent years, China has witnessed the proliferation and success of the online food
delivery industry, an emerging type of the gig economy. Online food deliverers who deliver …

" Kabootar": Towards Informal, Trustworthy, and Community-Based FinTech for Marginalized Immigrants

Y Rohanifar, S Sultana, S Hasan, P Chandra… - Proceedings of the …, 2022 - dl.acm.org
Financial technology (FinTech) platforms often exclude certain countries from their services
due to global political conflicts. As a result, immigrants from these neglected countries …

Computing and the Stigmatized: Trust, Surveillance, and Spatial Politics with the Sex Workers in Bangladesh

P Saha, N Nowsher, AU Baidya, NJ Mim… - Proceedings of the CHI …, 2024 - dl.acm.org
The sex workers in the Global South represent a significant portion of the world sex industry.
However, when compared to the relevant HCI literature on sex work and computing, there …

Bike frames: Understanding the implicit portrayal of cyclists in the news

X Zhao, D Schumacher, S Nalluri, X Walton… - arXiv preprint arXiv …, 2023 - arxiv.org
Increasing cycling for transportation or recreation can boost health and reduce the
environmental impacts of vehicles. However, news agencies' ideologies and reporting styles …

Exploring platformic torque in secondhand market platform work

SM Espinosa, AT Tran, C LeDantec, C DiSalvo - 2024 - researchsquare.com
In this paper, we present an ethnography of US-based online fashion 'reselling', an
understudied kind of gig work where individuals 'resell'or 'flip'mostly secondhand clothing in …