The Social Codes of Tech Workers: Class Identity in Digital Capitalism (Labor and Technology) - Softcover

Dorschel, Robert

 
9780262553537: The Social Codes of Tech Workers: Class Identity in Digital Capitalism (Labor and Technology)
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0262553538 ISBN 13: 9780262553537
Verlag: The MIT Press, 2025

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How the coders of our digital worlds think, work, and live.

Digital technologies shape nearly every aspect of our lives. Yet little attention has been paid to the tech workers who design and program these technologies. Instead, the spotlight often falls on two extremes: the elite class of tech entrepreneurs and the precarious digital proletariat of gig and crowd workers. This narrow focus has left a critical gap in understanding the middle-class professionals operating behind the scenes of digital capitalism.

Drawing on over 50 original interviews and discourse analytical research conducted in the US and Germany, The Social Codes of Tech Workers takes readers deep into their hearts and minds. Robert Dorschel demonstrates how tech workers’ subjectivity is structured by a return of social critique, hybrid professional roles, and distinctive lifestyles. The book identifies tech workers as a contradictory class formation, oscillating between a spirit of emancipation and yet another spirit of capitalism. This work will appeal to scholars across disciplines concerned with digital labor, identity, and class, as well as to the broader public interested in the culture of the tech industry and the evolving future of work.

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Robert Dorschel is Assistant Professor in Digital Sociology at the University of Cambridge. His work has been recognized with awards from the Association of Internet Researchers and the German Sociological Association.

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Verlag
The MIT Press
Erscheinungsdatum
2025
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
0262553538
ISBN 13 
9780262553537
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246
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