Understanding Turkers: How Do Gig Economy Workers Use Amazon's Mechanical Turk?
By now, most people have heard of the gig economy and have some idea of how it works. In the gig economy, people perform short-term jobs or tasks to earn money. Gig economy jobs are considered…
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