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Online freelancers and the online labor markets where they seek work are a relatively recent subset of the labor force and a new form of labor markets, seen by many as both a means to provide opportunities for workers seeking flexible employment arrangements &#8211; \u2018gigs\u2019 &#8211; and for organizations to help absorb market shocks (Gray and Suri, 2019; Kalleberg, 2003; Lehdonvirta et al., 2019). In the face of the economic upheaval due to the novel coronavirus, these workers and their online labor market are experiencing substantial changes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 id=\"keywords\">Keywords<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">contingent work, knowledge work, freelance work, computerization, automation, labor markets, platforms, infrastructure<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><div class=\"yt-consent-placeholder\" role=\"region\" aria-label=\"Video playback requires cookie consent\" data-video-id=\"iV0q00DfBFo\" data-poster=\"https:\/\/img.youtube.com\/vi\/iV0q00DfBFo\/maxresdefault.jpg\"><iframe aria-hidden=\"true\" tabindex=\"-1\" title=\"Freelancing Online During the COVID-19 Pandemic\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/iV0q00DfBFo?feature=oembed&rel=0&enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><div class=\"yt-consent-placeholder__overlay\"><button class=\"yt-consent-placeholder__play\"><svg width=\"42\" height=\"42\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" aria-hidden=\"true\" focusable=\"false\"><g fill=\"none\" fill-rule=\"evenodd\"><circle fill=\"#000\" opacity=\".556\" cx=\"21\" cy=\"21\" r=\"21\"\/><path stroke=\"#FFF\" d=\"M27.5 22l-12 8.5v-17z\"\/><\/g><\/svg><span class=\"yt-consent-placeholder__label\">Video playback requires cookie consent<\/span><\/button><\/div><\/div><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 id=\"about-the-author-s\">ABOUT THE AUTHOR\/S<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Steve Sawyer<\/strong> Syracuse University <a href=\"mailto:ssawyer@syr.edu\">ssawyer@syr.edu<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>&#8220;Steve Sawyer is on the faculty of Syracuse University\u2019s iSchool. His research focuses on the changing forms of work and organizing enabled through uses of digital technologies. His work is done through detailed field-based studies that advance sociotechnical approaches to studying computing collectively known as social informatics. Prior to returning to Syracuse, Steve was a founding faculty member of the Penn State\u2019s iSchool. https:\/\/ischool.syr.edu\/people\/directories\/view\/ssawyer\/&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Michael Dunn<\/strong> Skidmore College <a href=\"mailto:mdunn@skidmore.edu\">mdunn@skidmore.edu<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>J.P. Rancy<\/strong> Syracuse University <a href=\"mailto:jrancy@syr.edu\">jrancy@syr.edu<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Isabel Munoz<\/strong> Syracuse University <a href=\"mailto:iimunoz@syr.edu\">iimunoz@syr.edu<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Raghav Raheja<\/strong> Syracuse University <a href=\"mailto:rraheja@g.syr.edu\">rraheja@g.syr.edu<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Gabrielle Vaccaro<\/strong> Skidmore College gvaccaro@skidmore.edu<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Alaina Caruso<\/strong> Syracuse University <a href=\"mailto:agcaruso@syr.edu\">agcaruso@syr.edu<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Haley Weller<\/strong> Syracuse University <a href=\"mailto:heweller@syr.edu\">heweller@syr.edu<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Lily Moffly<\/strong> Syracuse University <a href=\"mailto:lmoffly@syr.edu\">lmoffly@syr.edu<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><small><em>New Future of Work \u201920, August 3\u20135, 2020<\/em> \u00a9 2020 Copyright held by the owner\/author(s).<\/small><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With this position paper we encourage attention to one future of work: project-based, gig-, or freelancing workers who find their work online . 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