Julia Ticona, "Left to Our Own Devices: Coping with Insecure Work in a Digital Age" (Oxford UP, 2022)

New Books in Technology · Dec 9, 2022 · 48m

Hello, world! This is the Global Media & Communication podcast series.

In this episode, our host Florence Madenga discusses the book Left to Our Own Devices

Coping with Insecure Work in a Digital Age (2022) by Dr. Julia Ticona.

You’ll hear about:

Dr. Ticona’s intellectual trajectory and how her first monograph has been transformed from a dissertation project into a book

What audience the book is intended for and what critical scholarship means for the author

The design of the research project and the processes and ethics of conducting research about the gig economy

How the ongoing pandemic…