Journal article
The contingency of (Some) academic labor: Communication studies and the cognitariat
International Journal of Communication, Vol.5, pp.1837-1842
2011
Abstract
My focus here is on contingent academic labor, a phenomenon explained by Antonio Negri (2007) in his re-signification of that otherwise rather forgettable Reaganite futurist Alvin Toffler’s (1983) idea of the cognitariat. Negri uses the concept to describe people who are mired in casualized work, but have heady educational qualifications and an easy facility with communication and cultural technologies. They live at the complex interstices of capital, education, and government, and they do so under the sign of cybertarianism…
Details
- Title
- The contingency of (Some) academic labor: Communication studies and the cognitariat
- Authors/Creators
- T. Miller (Author/Creator)
- Publication Details
- International Journal of Communication, Vol.5, pp.1837-1842
- Publisher
- University of Southern California USC Annenberg Press
- Identifiers
- 991005544008507891
- Copyright
- 2011 The Author
- Murdoch Affiliation
- Murdoch University
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Journal article
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