Digital Labour

Network Effects

Interaction-based dynamics that increase the value of platforms as the number of users grows.

Inequality between actors in digital platforms in terms of data production, access, and control.

Forms of labour carried out through digital technologies and platforms that contribute to both direct and indirect value creation.

A model of work in which short-term, task-based jobs are organised through digital platforms.

Information, data, and content resources that are collectively produced, shared, and governed in digital environments.

A form of work organised through digital platforms, characterised by task-based, flexible, and often precarious labour.

A form of management based on monitoring, evaluating, and directing work processes through algorithms.

A new form of capitalist organisation that creates value through data, algorithms, and network effects on digital platforms.

A cooperative model in which the ownership and governance of digital platforms are collectively organised.