The Study Of Digital Labor Theory Of Fuchs

Since the 1970 s,with the development of digital information technology,and digital information technology is more used in production practice,People’s labor forms have changed,digital Labor has gradually become the main form of labor.However,in digital labor,a variety of social issues continue to emerge,which makes the critical study of digital labor has become a hot academic concern.Christian Fuchs(1976-,hereinafter referred to as "Fuchs"),as an important representative figure in the field of foreign Marxist philosophy in the 21 st century,the new changes of the digital labor in the western capitalist society and the social problems derived from it are keenly observed.He builds on Marxism’s theory of labor,Smythe’s theory of audience labor,Terranova’s concept of free labor,and Hardt and Negri’s theory of immaterial labor,the theory of digital labor is systematically constructed.Fuchs’ s concept of digital labor covers a wide range of activities beyond digital social media,it also covers all forms of labour involved in the development of software technology for the Internet and the production of hardware and electronic equipment,including mental and physical labour.On this basis,Fuchs used the ICT industry as a practical example for his research,it reveals the thoroughness of alienation,the concealment of exploitation and the controlling characteristics of ideology in digital labor.Fuchs dissects and criticizes the dissimilation of digital workers and digital products,digital workers and labor practices,the dissimilation of class nature of human beings,and the dissimilation of human relations in digital labor,it also analyses and criticizes the labor process of platform Surplus value production.In addition,Fuchs is also acutely aware of the ideological control that digital social media companies impose on their users through a culture of "Participatory democracy" and a form of "Labor play".Finally,Fuchs seeks to make the construction of a cooperative communist Internet Society and a participatory social media fee policy ideal solutions to the social problems of digital labour.Fuchs’ s theory of digital labor has some significance and limitations.Fuchs’ s digital labor theory makes the study of digital labor theory more systematic and broadens the research field of Marxist economic philosophy,which has certain theoretical significance.At the same time,it also reveals the value source of the platform capital in the digital labor and the reality of the exploitation of the digital laborers by the capitalists in the western capitalist society,on the contrary,it provides the warning function and the reference train of thought for the healthy development of our country’s digital economy.But it should be noted that Fuchs’ s theory of digital labor has its limitations,mainly reflected in his lack of understanding of the positive role of digital labor,digital labor,the problems of his lack of practical solutions.