Digital labor in the state-led/capitalist complex
State labor and playful workaholics in the Chinese digital space
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12601879 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Qingyue Sun (0000-0002-5566-781X, Drexel University, Philadelphia, USA, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2023 |
| Volume | 27 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 387-404 |
| Publication date | 2023-12-06 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | International Journal of Cultural Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1367-8779 • E-ISSN: 1460-356X |
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/13678779231217300 |
| OpenAlex | W4389375850 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 27 |
Contemporary Chinese digital creative industries are no longer a realm of self-entrepreneurship, with multi-channel networks (MCNs) playing a significant role in shaping the digital labor market. This study focuses on the multifaceted Chinese digital labor regimes characterized by capitalism, national agendas, and state regulation. Through a qualitative analysis of 203 recruitment advertisements of major MCNs and 17 interviews of digital laborers, the findings reveal that the digital labor of MCNs operates in a state-led/capitalist complex. Beyond the risks of the capitalist industries, MCNs’ recruitment logic and management align with the state's agenda of economic development. Whether intentionally or not, the digital labor of MCNs has been swept into China's entrepreneurial solutionism, evolving into a form of state labor that integrates creative power and individual entrepreneurship into national building
Capitalism · China · Economic system · Economics · Entrepreneurship · Market economy · Political economy · Political science · Realm · Reproduction · Sociology · State (computer science · State capitalism · Cultural Industries and Urban Development · Digital Economy and Work Transformation · Emotional Labor in Professions · Law
The Managed Heart
Wanghong as Social Media Entertainment in China
The platformization of Chinese Society
Chinese Creator Economies
The Recruitment of Passion and Community in the Service of Capital
Platform as new “daddy”
In/Visibility in Social Media Work
Introduction
Introduction
Struggling to be more visible
The postfeminist entrepreneurial self and the platformisation of labour
Entrepreneurs in China’s ‘Silicon Valley’
The Political Economy of Affect and Emotion in East Asia
Internet Celebrity
Aesthetic Labor for the Sociologies of Work, Gender, and Beauty
Digital “women’s work?”
Invented Borders
Entrepreneurial solutionism, characteristic cultural industries and the Chinese dream
Historicising Wanghong economy
Platformization of the Unlikely Creative Class
Creator Governance in Social Media Entertainment
| Unique citing works | 3 |
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| Citations per year | 1.5 |
| Citation span | 2024 - 2026 (3) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |