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The Social Codes of Tech Workers: Class Identity in Digital Capitalism

Robert Dorschel

(MIT Press, 2026)

"Digital technologies shape nearly every aspect of our lives. Yet little attention has been paid to the tech workers who design and program these technologies. Instead, the spotlight often falls on two extremes: the elite class of tech entrepreneurs and the precarious digital proletariat of gig and crowd workers. This narrow focus has left a critical gap in understanding the middle-class professionals operating behind the scenes of digital capitalism.

Drawing on over 50 original interviews and discourse analytical research conducted in the US and Germany, The Social Codes of Tech Workers takes readers deep into their hearts and minds. Robert Dorschel demonstrates how tech workers’ subjectivity is structured by a return of social critique, hybrid professional roles, and distinctive lifestyles. The book identifies tech workers as a contradictory class formation, oscillating between a spirit of emancipation and yet another spirit of capitalism. This work will appeal to scholars across disciplines concerned with digital labor, identity, and class, as well as to the broader public interested in the culture of the tech industry and the evolving future of work."

https://mitpress.mit.edu/9780262553537/the-social-codes-of-tech-workers/

#Capitalism #Class #DigitalCapitalism #Sociology #DigitalLabor #Programming #Coding

The Social Codes of Tech Workers: Class Identity in Digital Capitalism

Robert Dorschel

(MIT Press, 2026)

"Digital technologies shape nearly every aspect of our lives. Yet little attention has been paid to the tech workers who design and program these technologies. Instead, the spotlight often falls on two extremes: the elite class of tech entrepreneurs and the precarious digital proletariat of gig and crowd workers. This narrow focus has left a critical gap in understanding the middle-class professionals operating behind the scenes of digital capitalism.

Drawing on over 50 original interviews and discourse analytical research conducted in the US and Germany, The Social Codes of Tech Workers takes readers deep into their hearts and minds. Robert Dorschel demonstrates how tech workers’ subjectivity is structured by a return of social critique, hybrid professional roles, and distinctive lifestyles. The book identifies tech workers as a contradictory class formation, oscillating between a spirit of emancipation and yet another spirit of capitalism. This work will appeal to scholars across disciplines concerned with digital labor, identity, and class, as well as to the broader public interested in the culture of the tech industry and the evolving future of work."

https://mitpress.mit.edu/9780262553537/the-social-codes-of-tech-workers/

#Capitalism #Class #DigitalCapitalism #Sociology #DigitalLabor #Programming #Coding

@linos @kuketzblog @riffreporter Here is the answer from #ScienceOS to the question "Are there any scientific results about the fact that you should or should not stay on hostile #socialmedia platforms just to provide some oppositional arguments?"

(I think I can't link that result as a public URL.)

Looks like a promising source:
Subversive Recipes for Communication for Development and Social Change in Times of #DigitalCapitalism
2024, Jessica Noske-Turner, Niranjana Sivaram, Aparna Kalley, Shreyas Hiremath
https://www.mdpi.com/2076-0760/13/8/393/pdf?version=1721991314

Disclaimer: I've not read the sources myself.

@linos @kuketzblog @riffreporter Here is the answer from #ScienceOS to the question "Are there any scientific results about the fact that you should or should not stay on hostile #socialmedia platforms just to provide some oppositional arguments?"

(I think I can't link that result as a public URL.)

Looks like a promising source:
Subversive Recipes for Communication for Development and Social Change in Times of #DigitalCapitalism
2024, Jessica Noske-Turner, Niranjana Sivaram, Aparna Kalley, Shreyas Hiremath
https://www.mdpi.com/2076-0760/13/8/393/pdf?version=1721991314

Disclaimer: I've not read the sources myself.

We see a shiny new tech., & often become fascinated by it. Instead we should adopt a critical outlook. How?

"Technology is a way of materializing interests. Far from being objective or neutral, technology is embedded with values and intentions. Technology is, after all, the result of decisions and actions made by humans, and it is then used by humans with motivation and goals."

- Jathon Sadowski in his book "Too Smart: How #DigitalCapitalism is extracting data, controlling our lives..."

@MSchnetker

🎥 Longtermismus – der „Geist“ des digitalen Kapitalismus: Ein soziologischer Blick auf die Ideologie des Longtermismus und ihre Rolle im digitalen Kapitalismus.
👉 Vortrag von Max Schnetker (38c3)
Hier das Video:
https://media.ccc.de/v/38c3-longtermismus-der-geist-des-digitalen-kapitalismus

#Longtermismus #DigitalCapitalism #AI #ElonMusk

@MSchnetker

🎥 Longtermismus – der „Geist“ des digitalen Kapitalismus: Ein soziologischer Blick auf die Ideologie des Longtermismus und ihre Rolle im digitalen Kapitalismus.
👉 Vortrag von Max Schnetker (38c3)
Hier das Video:
https://media.ccc.de/v/38c3-longtermismus-der-geist-des-digitalen-kapitalismus

#Longtermismus #DigitalCapitalism #AI #ElonMusk

#Degrowth #DigitalDegrowth #Ecology #DigitalColonialism #DigitalCapitalism #SiliconValley: "The world is racing toward an irreversible ecological catastrophe. Environmental science makes clear that humans must reduce total material resource use, requiring a radical redistribution of wealth within and between countries. Yet little attention has been paid to how the digital economy fits into this equation.

Michael Kwet, a leading expert on digital colonialism, presents a new paradigm for the digital society. Merging the science of degrowth with a global analysis of the high-tech economy, he argues that digital capitalism and colonialism must be abolished quickly. In Digital Degrowth, Kwet maps out a path to a people's tech future. He calls for direct action against Silicon Valley, US imperialism and power elites everywhere in order to realize a radically egalitarian digital society that fosters equality in harmony with nature."

https://www.plutobooks.com/9780745349862/digital-degrowth/

#Degrowth #DigitalDegrowth #Ecology #DigitalColonialism #DigitalCapitalism #SiliconValley: "The world is racing toward an irreversible ecological catastrophe. Environmental science makes clear that humans must reduce total material resource use, requiring a radical redistribution of wealth within and between countries. Yet little attention has been paid to how the digital economy fits into this equation.

Michael Kwet, a leading expert on digital colonialism, presents a new paradigm for the digital society. Merging the science of degrowth with a global analysis of the high-tech economy, he argues that digital capitalism and colonialism must be abolished quickly. In Digital Degrowth, Kwet maps out a path to a people's tech future. He calls for direct action against Silicon Valley, US imperialism and power elites everywhere in order to realize a radically egalitarian digital society that fosters equality in harmony with nature."

https://www.plutobooks.com/9780745349862/digital-degrowth/

🎧 "Take Back Your #Life & Attention: Why You Should Quit #SocialMedia" – An episode of the Revolutionary Left Radio #podcast discussing #DigitalMinimalism and the benefits of spending time with friends, family, or community instead of on 📱 social media. Listen here: https://revolutionaryleftradio.libsyn.com/take-back-your-life-attention-why-you-should-quit-social-media #DigitalAutonomy #DigitalCapitalism

"Enshittification follows monopoly as sure as night follows day."

https://pluralistic.net/2023/07/28/microincentives-and-enshittification/

#Digitalität #Postdemokratie #Zentralisierung #Monopol #digitalcapitalism

Thrilled to be a part of this conference next week! What a lineup!

#digitalcapitalism #UPenn

Elon Musk’s Twitter Capitalism
Christian Fuchs makes the case for turning the Internet into a public service:
https://www.rosalux.de/en/news/id/49524/elon-musks-twitter-capitalism

Elon Musks Twitter-Kapitalismus: Christian Fuchs argumentiert für ein öffentlich-rechtliches Internet:
https://www.rosalux.de/news/id/49524

#ElonMusk #Twitter #TwitterMigration #DigitalCapitalism #DigitalerKapitalismus #EatTheRich

#DigitalCapitalism #SurrveillanceCapitalism #SurveilledLandscapes #ParticipatoryWalking #CooperativeLearning #DigitalSurveillanceTechnologies

A work I am proud of, is today published!

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/366441830_Landscape_and_conflict_in_the_age_of_digital_surveillance_Participatory_Walking_through_the_surveilled_cities

#Introductions
Me: Professor of #Economicgeography @Uni Bayreuth

Editor @ #Antipode

New open access book "Farming as Financial Asset": https://www.agendapub.com/pdfs/chapters/9781788211871_bk.pdf
#agendapublishing
#columbiauniversitypress

Living website: http://institutionallandscapes.org

#financialization
#inequality
#globalvaluechains
#globalcommoditychains
#agrarianchange
#land
#politicaleconomy
#politicalecology
#laborgeography
#assetization
#assetisation
#financialisation
#Africaneconomicfutures
#digitalcapitalism
#geography

#Introductions
Me: Professor of #Economicgeography @Uni Bayreuth

Editor @ #Antipode

New open access book "Farming as Financial Asset": https://www.agendapub.com/pdfs/chapters/9781788211871_bk.pdf
#agendapublishing
#columbiauniversitypress

Living website: http://institutionallandscapes.org

#financialization
#inequality
#globalvaluechains
#globalcommoditychains
#agrarianchange
#land
#politicaleconomy
#politicalecology
#laborgeography
#assetization
#assetisation
#financialisation
#Africaneconomicfutures
#digitalcapitalism
#geography

I guess it's time to post a new #Introduction, what with the #TwitterMigration going on.

Hi! I'm Gaffen, I'm a #Developer focussing on #web technologies. I also front @hearsepileup in my spare time. On here I mostly post random thoughts, touching on #politics and #PowerDynamics. I'm interested in #smallweb, resisting #surveillancecapitalism and #digitalcapitalism. Most kinds of capitalism haha. I also tend to post my #pixelart and #drawings here from time to time.

Enjoy fediverse, be safe!

One of my extra curricular activities is launching at the moment. We're going to be reading "Internet For The People" by Ben Tarnoff. Don't have time for a reading group? We hope to make the forum a place for active discussion too!

https://leagueofconcernedusers.org/

#locus #internetforthepeople #surveillancecapitalism #smallweb #digitalcapitalism #bigtech

TITiPI @ State of the World 2022 / online Global Conference

Friday 16 September
11:00-13:00 CET
Session 5: Digital capitalism: the new frontier

"We are experiencing a time of accelerated technological change, a new industrial revolution, led by giant corporations in the marketplace and by security states in terms of surveillance. How is digitalisation changing capitalism or entrenching it? Why is its infrastructure so colonial? How will the expansion of the digital frontier shape geopolitics and resource conflicts? How do we forge a different path?"

With: Anita Gurumurthy, Miriyam Aouragh, Seda Gürses, Nick Couldry, Jack Qiu

Moderator: Sofia Scasserra

https://www.tni.org/en/webinar/state-of-the-world-2022-online-global-conference

#tni #digitalcapitalism #digitalisation

The common thread is the dismissal of human agency in political processes - framing the subjects of digital capitalism as completely passive - and centering technical infrastructures in societal progression - both ubiquitous, wondrous and at the same time completely normalized to self-evident invisibility. The important part of the ideology of #digitalCapitalism is: Don't question it.

❗CFP. Call for a new "Digital Capitalism Number" directed by Aitor Jiménez and César Rendueles (@[email protected]) ✍
See the guidelines for this number at 🔎:
https://revistas.ucm.es/index.php/TEKN/announcement/view/333
#DigitalCapitalism
#CiberCulture
#SocialMovements
#CésarRendueles