Teknoloji, toplum, sermaye ilişkisi açısından dijital emek üzerine inceleme / A study of digital labor in terms of technology, society, capital relations

In the broadest sense, technology, which we can define as the knowledge of production, is an important component of social life. There is a close and complex link between technology and society. However, all segments of the society do not have equal access to technology, and in this sense, the neutrality of technology cannot be mentioned. Dominant social classes that hold power can use technology as a means of domination over other social classes. As a matter of fact, there is a similar situation in capitalist society. The capitalist class has used technology effectively to ensure and secure capital accumulation, as seen in the example of industrial revolutions. The developments in information and communication technologies since the 1970s should also be evaluated in this context. One of the key elements of the flexible accumulation model, which was introduced as a solution to the capital accumulation crisis experienced in this period, is information and communication technologies. With the possibilities offered by information and communication technologies, production has begun to digitalize and has gained the opportunity to overcome the limitations of space and time in the field of production and capital production. Capitalism has begun to digitalize and as a result, a new form of labor, ‘digital labor’ has begun to emerge. It is predicted that this digitalization process will accelerate with Industry 4.0, which is still in its formation stage; and as a result, the number of workers in the form of digital labor will increase even more. A similar estimation can be made for digital labor in Turkey. Our study aims to analyze digital labor in terms of technology, society and capital relations.