Value and Productive Labour in the Era of Digital Technologies
Revisiting the Digital Labour Debate
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21187960 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Søren Bøgh Sørensen (University of Copenhagen, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2024 |
| Volume | 22 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 498-517 |
| Publication date | 2024-08-12 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | tripleC Communication Capitalism & Critique Open Access Journal for a Global Sustainable Information Society (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1726-670X • E-ISSN: 1726-670X |
| Publisher | Information Society Research (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.31269/triplec.v22i2.1475 |
| OpenAlex | W4401516407 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 56 |
This article revisits the so-called digital labour debate to clarify and problematise the many different positions in this debate. Synthesising the most promising arguments from the different positions in the debate, the article outlines a theory of digital media usage as exploited, value-producing labour. In doing so, the article criticises the Autonomist Marxist tradition and argues for the utility of a value-form theoretical approach to the question of free digital labour. In conclusion, the article argues for more analytical attention to the ways in which technological developments in contemporary capitalism can engender new processes of production and thereby also new types of unpaid value-producing labour
Capitalism · Critical theory · Economics · Epistemology · Labor theory of value · Marxist philosophy · Microeconomics · Neoclassical economics · Political science · Politics · Positive economics · Sociology · Computer Science · Cultural Industries and Urban Development · Digital Economy and Work Transformation · Employment and Welfare Studies · Law · Philosophy
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| Unique citing works | 2 |
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| Citations per year | 2 |
| Citation span | 2025 - 2026 (2) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |