Tracing global shifts in ownership and conglomeration in the media and technology sectors,
this introduction analyzes the emergence of the 'megacorp'and 'super app'as distinct forms …

This paper examines the sociotechnical infrastructure of an “indie” food delivery platform.
The platform, Nosh, provides an alternative to mainstream services, such as Doordash and …

This article theorizes the relationship between two ways of “seeing” and organizing urban
mobility markets: the abstract, algorithmic vision of the mobility platform and the experiential …

In order to sustain everyday life in India during pandemic induced lockdowns, home service
gig platforms materialized to provide essential services for urban society. As unemployment …

The gig economy and digital labor platforms, such as food delivery, have become essential
while also troubling the current socioeconomic landscape. Delivery platforms promise entry …

Care workers are increasingly using digital technology in their daily lives, for monitoring,
financial compensation, training, coordination, and more. State and corporate actors have …

Purpose An increasing number of last mile deliveries (LMDs) pose many sustainability
challenges that retailers and logistics service providers (LSPs) can address. Using cognitive …

In Vietnam's capital city Hanoi, the growing popularity of application based (app‐based)
motorbike taxis has offered many inhabitants new opportunities to pursue a mobile …

Food delivery platforms are location-based services that rely on minimal, quantifiable data
points, such as GPS location, to represent and manage labor. Drawing upon an …

We investigate the privacy practices of labor organizers in the computing technology
industry and explore the changes in these practices as a response to remote work. Our study …