Description: Data Driven : Truckers, Technology, and the New Workplace Surveillance, Hardcover by Levy, Karen, ISBN 0691175306, ISBN-13 9780691175300, Brand New, Free shipping in the US
A behind-the-scenes look at how surveillance is affecting the trucking way of life
Long-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 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 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 age.
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Book Title: Data Driven : Truckers, Technology, and the New Workplace Surveil
Number of Pages: 240 Pages
Publication Name: Data Driven : Truckers, Technology, and the New Workplace Surveillance
Language: English
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Item Height: 1 in
Publication Year: 2022
Subject: Privacy & Surveillance (See Also Political Science / Privacy & Surveillance), General, Workplace Culture
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 19 Oz
Item Length: 9.4 in
Author: Karen Levy
Subject Area: Transportation, Social Science, Business & Economics
Item Width: 6.5 in
Format: Hardcover
