Digital Labour and The Generation of Surplus Value on Instagram

The aim of this paper is to provide a map of the economy of social media platforms. We analyse digital labour on Instagram. The article asks: How are the users, who provide unpaid labour on Instagram, exploited? What kinds of labour do we find on Instagram? In doing so, the paper contributes to the...

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Main Authors: Forouzan Yazdanipoor, Hady Faramarzi, Abdollah Bicharanlou
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Paderborn University: Media Systems and Media Organisation Research Group 2022-08-01
Series:tripleC: Communication, Capitalism & Critique
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Online Access:https://www.triple-c.at/index.php/tripleC/article/view/1304