Discussion assignment 9
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The required reading this week is “Ch. 9 – Playbor of Love: Technology” (263-289) from Work Won’t Love You Back.
Answer one of the following reading questions using examples from the text including quotations, paraphrase, or summary. Follow MLA rules when citing information from the book. Fully introduce and explain all examples from the text.
What are some of the problems Jaffe identifies about internships in “Ch. 7 – Hoping for Work: Interns”?
How did seemingly powerless interns gather strength and gain power to win wages and better working conditions in Quebec based on what Jaffe writes in “Ch. 7 – Hoping for Work: Interns”?
Explain how the reality of work in the tech industry is obscured through the rhetoric of individual “genius,” “play-as-work,” and “gamification” as described by Jaffe in “Ch. 9 – Playbor of Love: Technology.”
Your answer must be at least 250 words. Here is a Quick Guide on MLA in-text citation and incorporating quotations.
