Hope Labor: The Role of Employment Prospects in Online Social Production

Political Economy of Communication

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 9-25

  Kuehn, Kathleen ^a   Corrigan, Thomas F ^b  

^a CHRISTOPHER NEWPORT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

blogging; consumer reviews; hope labor; political economy; social media; social production

Indexed keywords

EID: 85134672159     PISSN: None     EISSN: 23571705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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