Ubiquitous Connectivity and the Virtual Workplace

Vincent Manzerolle is an Assistant Professor of Critical Communication Theory in the department of Communication, Media and Film at the University of Windsor where he teaches courses on the political economy of information, mobile media, surveillance technologies, search engines and data mining, and media convergence.

Chapter 1: Work Without Borders: The Age of Ubiquitous Media

Chapter 2: On Myth, Media, and Power: Towards a Political Economy of ‘Always On’ Media

Chapter 3: Wireless Data Standards, Devices, and Markets: Historical and Technical Foundations of Ubiquitous Connectivity

Chapter 4: Commercializing Wireless Data in North America and the Birth of the Global Smartphone Market

Chapter 5: From "New Economy" to "Creative Economy": Ubiquitous Connectivity as Policy Framework

Chapter 6: From Telework to Ubiquitous Connectivity: The Rise of Mobile Workforces and Virtual Organizations

Chapter 7: The ‘Appification’ of Work: Surveillance, Automation, Precarity

Chapter 8: Tethered to the Information Assembly Line: Unpaid Labour and the Rise of Big Data

Chapter 9: Beyond the Device: Internet of Things, Artificial Intelligence, and Ambient Technologies

Chapter 10: Conclusion: On the Future of Work