Crowdsourcing has had a dramatic impact on the speed and scale at which scientific
research can be conducted. Clinical scientists have particularly benefited from readily …

The gig economy is a phenomenon that is rapidly expanding, redefining the nature of work
and contributing to a significant change in how contemporary economies are organised. Its …

Software vulnerabilities are prevalent in software systems, causing a variety of problems
including deadlock, information loss, or system failures. Thus, early predictions of software …

Untitled Page 1 Page 2 The Gig Economy A Critical Introduction Jamie Woodcock Mark
Graham polity 2020 Page 3 CONTENTS Cover Front Matter Introduction What do we mean by …

A growing number of people are working as part of on-line crowd work. Crowd work is often
thought to be low wage work. However, we know little about the wage distribution in practice …

Gig economy platforms seem to provide extreme temporal flexibility to workers, giving them
full control over how to spend each hour and minute of the day. What constraints do workers …

This article presents findings regarding collective organisation among online freelancers in
middle‐income countries. Drawing on research in Southeast Asia and Sub‐Saharan Africa …

This chapter discusses common concerns that researchers have with Mechanical Turk
(MTurk), reviewing the evidence that bears upon each concern. It suggests that readers are …

This book is about the struggles of platform workers. The ideas for it began in London in
June 2016 when I met a Deliveroo rider. I had heard the name Deliveroo before, but did not …

The results of the Cisco 2018 Annual Security Report show that all analyzed web
applications have at least one vulnerability. It also shows that web attacks are becoming …