Routledge Ubiquitous Connectivity and the Virtual Workplace: Everything, Everywhere, All the Time

Product Description Mobile technology is now firmly situated in the operations, both formal and informal, of modern labour and workforce management. This book focuses on how the interests of corporations and governments to embrace a "new economy" have served to drive the development and uptake of mobile/ubiquitous media. Touching on topics including unpaid labour and big data, surveillance, AI, the global smartphone market, telecommuting, automation, and more, Manzerolle offers readers an astute and timely investigation into digital labour, mobile media, and political economy which may hint at the future of work. About the Author Vincent Manzerolle is an Assistant Professor of Critical Communication Theory in the department of Communication, Media and Film at the University of Windsor where he teaches courses on the political economy of information, mobile media, surveillance technologies, search engines and data mining, and media convergence.