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The mediatization of work?: Gig workers and gig apps in Sweden
Karlstad University, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences (starting 2013), Department of Geography, Media and Communication (from 2013).ORCID iD: 0000-0002-8497-3381
Karlstad University, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences (starting 2013), Department of Geography, Media and Communication (from 2013).ORCID iD: 0000-0003-1430-4964
Karlstad University, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences (starting 2013), Karlstad Business School (from 2013).ORCID iD: 0000-0001-7951-7261
Karlstad University, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences (starting 2013), Karlstad Business School (from 2013).ORCID iD: 0000-0001-9902-8182
2025 (English)In: New Media and Society, ISSN 1461-4448, E-ISSN 1461-7315, Vol. 27, no 12, p. 6510-6533Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

This article presents a study of how and to what extent gig workers in Sweden experience a mediatization of work. We contend that previous mediatization research has assumed extensive and unified effects of mediatization, and that previous gig work research has focused on users of large-scale, transnational platforms. We conducted a set of qualitative, semi-structured interviews (N = 28) with Swedish users of four different gig apps (all produced by very small companies active only in Sweden). We analyzed their experiences of mediatization along five dimensions: extension, substitution, amalgamation, accommodation, and datafication. We found that our respondents had much more varied, far less all-encompassing, experiences of mediatization than indicated in previous research. We also found respondents' experiences clearly framed by the smaller size of the local, Swedish gig work companies.

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Sage Publications, 2025. Vol. 27, no 12, p. 6510-6533
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App work, datafication, gig work, gig-work app, mediatization, Sweden
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Media and Communication Studies
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Media and Communication Studies; Working Life Science
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URN: urn:nbn:se:kau:diva-101821DOI: 10.1177/14614448241270470ISI: 001298489200001Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85202166148OAI: oai:DiVA.org:kau-101821DiVA, id: diva2:1903199
Available from: 2024-10-03 Created: 2024-10-03 Last updated: 2025-11-28Bibliographically approved

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