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Podcast: New Books in Communications
Episode: Julia Ticona, "Left to Our Own Devices: Coping with Insecure Work in a Digital Age" (Oxford UP, 2022)
Description: Hello, world! This is the Global Media & Communication podcast series.In this episode, our host Florence Madenga discusses the book Left to Our Own DevicesCoping with Insecure Work in a Digital Age (2022) by Dr. Julia Ticona.You’ll hear about:
Dr. Ticona’s intellectual trajectory and how her first monograph has been transformed from a dissertation project into a book
What audience the book is intended for and what critical scholarship means for the author
The design of the research project and the processes and ethics of conducting research about the gig ec...