Digital Capital’s Private Penalties and the Disembodying of the Underclass: A Constructivist Grounded Theory Study of Food Delivery Riders in Beijing
This study examines private penalties imposed by digital platforms and stratification among platform laborers, focusing on how algorithms extract surplus value and reproduce digital proletarians. Drawing on Charmaz’s constructivist grounded theory, the study analyzes in-depth interviews with 63 food delivery riders in...