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Media type:
E-Article
Title:
Devaluation of cultural capital on online platforms and the changing shape of the social space
Contributor:
Höhne, Thomas;
Sproll, Martina
imprint:
Pluto Journals, 2020
Published in:Work Organisation, Labour & Globalisation
Language:
English
DOI:
10.13169/workorgalaboglob.14.1.0032
ISSN:
1745-641X;
1745-6428
Origination:
Footnote:
Description:
<jats:p>This article analyses the devaluation of work and qualifications on crowdworking platforms. It argues that - in the context of a digital reputation economy - cultural capital (formal and incorporated standards of skills and knowledge) is increasingly being devalued, informalised and replaced by symbolic capital. We argue that these changes impact on social relations and the social space. The devaluation and precariousness of crowdwork does not only reflect a crisis of social reproduction and increasing socio-economic inequalities, but also changes traditional channels of upward mobility and thus the structuring of the social space. Furthermore, increasing individual competition implies gendered and discriminatory dynamics.</jats:p>