Surveillance at workplace and at home: Social issues in transforming care work with mobile technology

Journal of Information, Communication and Ethics in Society

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 60-75

  Vuokko, Riikka ^a  

^a ÅBO AKADEMI UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Ethnography; Home care; Surveillance

Indexed keywords

EID: 84878877226     PISSN: 1477996X     EISSN: 17588871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14779960810866800     Document Type: Article

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