Turk-Life in India

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dc.contributor.authorGupta, Neha
dc.contributor.authorMartin, David
dc.contributor.authorHanrahan, Benjamin V.
dc.contributor.authorO'Neill, Jacki
dc.date.accessioned2023-03-17T22:48:21Z
dc.date.available2023-03-17T22:48:21Z
dc.date.issued2014
dc.description.abstractPrevious studies on Amazon Mechanical Turk (AMT), the most well-known marketplace for microtasks, show that the largest population of workers on AMT is U.S. based, while the second largest is based in India. In this paper, we present insights from an ethnographic study conducted in India to introduce some of these workers or Turkers" -- who they are, how they work and what turking means to them. We examine the work they do to maintain their reputations and their work-life balance. In doing this, we illustrate how AMT's design practically impacts on turk-work. Understanding the "lived work" of crowdwork is a valuable first step for technology design."en
dc.identifier.doi10.1145/2660398.2660403
dc.identifier.urihttps://dl.eusset.eu/handle/20.500.12015/4421
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherAssociation for Computing Machinery
dc.relation.ispartofProceedings of the 2014 ACM International Conference on Supporting Group Work
dc.subjectrelationship-based crowdsourcing
dc.subjectamazon mechanical turk (amt)
dc.subjectrequesters
dc.subjectturkers
dc.subjectcrowdworkers
dc.subjectethnography
dc.subjectcrowdsourcing
dc.titleTurk-Life in Indiaen
dc.typeText/Conference Paper
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