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The tensions between platforms and their workers can be better understood by studying the mutual expectations of both parties.
Tools like Amazon’s Mechanical Turk allow psychology researchers to recruit test subjects from around the world. But the system can also be exploited.
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Emeritus Professor of Cognitive Psychology, The University of Queensland
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