Data Driven : : Truckers, Technology, and the New Workplace Surveillance / / Karen Levy.
A behind-the-scenes look at how digital surveillance is affecting the trucking way of lifeLong-haul truckers are the backbone of the American economy, transporting goods under grueling conditions and immense economic pressure. Truckers have long valued the day-to-day independence of their work, shar...
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Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter EBOOK PACKAGE COMPLETE 2022 English |
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Place / Publishing House: | Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2022] ©2023 |
Year of Publication: | 2022 |
Language: | English |
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource (240 p.) :; 32 b/w illus. |
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Other title: | Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- 1 Introduction -- 2 If the Wheel Ain’t Turnin’, You Ain’t Earnin’: Trucker Politics, Economics, and Culture -- 3 Tired Truckers and the Rise of Electronic Surveillance -- 4 The Business of Trucker Surveillance -- 5 Computers in the Coop -- 6 Beating the Box: How Truckers Resist Being Monitored -- 7 RoboTruckers: The Double Threat of AI for Low-Wage Work -- 8 Technology, Enforcement, and Apparent Order -- Appendix A: Studying Surveillance -- Appendix B: Notes on the Organization of the Trucking Industry -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index |
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Summary: | A behind-the-scenes look at how digital surveillance is affecting the trucking way of lifeLong-haul truckers are the backbone of the American economy, transporting goods under grueling conditions and immense economic pressure. Truckers have long valued the day-to-day independence of their work, sharing a strong occupational identity rooted in a tradition of autonomy. Yet these workers increasingly find themselves under many watchful eyes. Data Driven examines how digital surveillance is upending life and work on the open road, and raises crucial questions about the role of data collection in broader systems of social control.Karen Levy takes readers inside a world few ever see, painting a bracing portrait of one of the last great American frontiers. Federal regulations now require truckers to buy and install digital monitors that capture data about their locations and behaviors. Intended to address the pervasive problem of trucker fatigue by regulating the number of hours driven each day, these devices support additional surveillance by trucking firms and other companies. Traveling from industry trade shows to law offices and truck-stop bars, Levy reveals how these invasive technologies are reconfiguring industry relationships and providing new tools for managerial and legal control—and how truckers are challenging and resisting them.Data Driven contributes to an emerging conversation about how technology affects our work, institutions, and personal lives, and helps to guide our thinking about how to protect public interests and safeguard human dignity in the digital age. |
Format: | Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. |
ISBN: | 9780691241012 9783110993899 9783110994810 9783110994551 9783110994520 9783110749748 |
DOI: | 10.1515/9780691241012?locatt=mode:legacy |
Access: | restricted access |
Hierarchical level: | Monograph |
Statement of Responsibility: | Karen Levy. |