Das Heer der Klickarbeiter im Internet wächst. Eine neue Studie der Universität Kassel liefert erstmals einen qualitativen Überblick darüber, wer die Menschen in der „Crowd“ sind – und warum die digitale Erwerbsarbeit faire Spielregeln braucht. (more…)
ANN ARBOR — As new research documents growing inequalities in health and wealth, the gap between “haves” and “have-nots” is growing in the field of scientific research itself, says University of Michigan sociologist Yu Xie.
“It’s surprising that more attention has not been paid to the large, changing inequalities in the world of scientific research, given the preoccupation with rising social and economic inequality in many countries,” said Xie, research professor at the U-M Institute for Social Research and professor of sociology, statistics and public policy. (more…)
