Book review: behind the screen: content moderation in the shadows of social media by Sarah T. Roberts

Guney Akgul, H. (2019) Book review: behind the screen: content moderation in the shadows of social media by Sarah T. Roberts. Impact of Social Sciences Blog (08 Dec 2019). Blog Entry.

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Abstract

In Behind the Screen: Content Moderation in the Shadows of Social Media, Sarah T. Roberts explores the work conditions and experiences of people employed in ‘commercial content moderation’, drawing on interviews with those tasked with detecting and removing harmful and upsetting online content. As the problems faced by CCM workers reveal the economic, social and political distortions of the digital age, this book will be of interest to social science researchers as well as anyone who is a user of social media, writes H. Guney Akgul.

Item Type:	Online resource (Blog Entry)
Official URL:	https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsocialsciences/
Additional Information:	© 2019 The Author
Divisions:	LSE
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > HN Social history and conditions. Social problems. Social reform H Social Sciences > HM Sociology
Date Deposited:	17 Feb 2020 11:15
Last Modified:	15 Sep 2023 10:23
URI:	http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/103437

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