Audience Labor and Unemployment


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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10438827

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Value, audience labor, unemployment, media, means of production

Abstract

The rapid development of the means of production is anticipated to result in a decrease in future employment opportunities. Two primary scenarios are emerging: the creation of new job opportunities or the establishment of an independent income system without labor. However, the question of whether leisure activities can be considered as a category of paid labour remains a subject of debate. Without assuming that individuals are engaged in a labor process merely because they experience the content they watch, read, or briefly glimpse, value assumptions will be in vain. Furthermore, the capacity of uncertain leisure activities to generate value and create new job opportunities will also be questioned. The issue may be more related to the distribution process rather than limiting the problem to the production process.

 

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2023-12-25

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Karsavran, G., & Yorga, Özgün. (2023). Audience Labor and Unemployment. POSSEIBLE, 12(2), 127–143. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10438827

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