Reading Questionnaire
“The Unwanted Labor of Social Media: Women of Color Call out Culture as Venture Community Management,” Lisa Nakamura (2015)
“The Civic Labor of Volunteer Moderators Online,” J. Nathan Matias (2019)
“Volunteer Moderators in Twitch Microcommunities,” Donghee Yvette Wohn (2019)
Please respond to the following prompts. Each response should be between 100 to 150 words. When possible, make specific references to the original text and/or incorporate short, relevant quotes. There is no right answer to these prompts; they are designed to help you think about our readings.
Which of the 3 articles for this week were you assigned to read? (Your assignment can be found in the Canvas announcement with the week 5 learning bundle.)
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1. Each of this week’s articles is about unpaid volunteer moderation or community management labor. What work is being described in your article? Who is doing it? What does it accomplish?
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2. How do the volunteer workers in the article you read feel about the unpaid work they are doing? Do they feel their work is valued? Are there challenges that they face?
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3. What are some of the questions that your article raises about unpaid volunteer online labor? Does the article identify potential problems? Does it suggest future changes?
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