[Air-L] submit announcement of new book to the air-list

Matthew Pittman mpittman at uoregon.edu
Tue Mar 15 11:23:35 PDT 2016


Justin---

Thanks! Not sure if this answers your question, but we do talk about the 
following things:

-Worker motivations (Ch 3)
-Requester motivations (ch 4)
-Payment and motivations (ch 7)
-workers and human subjects (ch 8)
-ethics including working conditions, information assymetry

cheers!


Justin Schell wrote:
> Congrats on the publication. Is there any discussion of the labor 
> policies of MTurk in the book?
>
> Justin
>
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> Justin Schell
> Learning Design Specialist
> University of Michigan Libraries
> PhD, Comparative Studies in Discourse and Society
> University of Minnesota
> @612to651
>
> On Tue, Mar 15, 2016 at 1:51 PM, Matthew Pittman <mpittman at uoregon.edu 
> <mailto:mpittman at uoregon.edu>> wrote:
>
>
>
>
>     "A great guide for novice and expert MTurk users, workers and
>     requesters alike."
>
>
>     Amazon's Mechanical Turk for Academics
>     <http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001zjK9JWmgq9tenlYiM2DxiM-QYGzUCUisUKYoEg0iGu-SHgbKid4dDlhC2HJxCKK7-X9Uv0sV1Dk3Fg5bRChNjUXGNmFba-Wo84Jzg_y0MXLUGWUZWePFuZg8CoJCun-X04-Xs-YfC5VNNN71vp5TIhsBEW3c6cy88ORFvIsCOEngZb4jwA4MWJhRjCMbAKwNenPrGfQlPFbaIcae9ffvWdt0GDOMMItFhJlInRCYSymlZGpG5fq_E_eanvQBydzB8TcvLd8Wkwv2k4t6BAf1AiyFf04YAyIEtc5fP9DTCEe8lISZeWaYeaTldrOXRufnFs3pUwCTYzN4VF_5kiJ2admNC4S9MTZxFajsaiyfzM5OenHtJyfTwYzDZxedMeL_Viw_DXK025vsShxDPbZ1iLxrXepET9pD&c=j8n47PMCaWq3cj6i4E7S_sf49uGSfBdj07bGIbXMY_Qjeaz0QKo_LA==&ch=V737OVPWutGGS_25AxtI4AnZYsWg2xhCc0x0xOPdYsIIJLPGKjx_Lw==
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>
>
>     Are you considering using Amazon's MTurk for your study? This is
>     the book for you!
>
>     //
>     Amazon's Mechanical Turk for Academics
>     The HIT Handbook for Social Science Research
>     by Kim Bartel Sheehan and Mathew Pittman
>     2016. 160 pp. $29.95 paperback | $22.95 eBook
>
>     /Amazon's Mechanical Turk for Academics /is a handy, inexpensive
>     guide for researchers wishing to make the most out of MTurk. Kim
>     Sheehan and Matthew Pittman walk readers through the basics of
>     setting up a study---from choosing a survey platform, to obtaining
>     IRB approvals, to recruiting and paying respondents.
>
>     "The /HIT Handbook/is a handy 'how to' guide for social scientists
>     seeking to acquire high quality data using Amazon's Mechanical
>     Turk service. This thoughtful and well-written text helps
>     researchers maximize their use of the platform while avoiding
>     potentially critical mistakes."
>                                      --- Toby Hopp, University of Alabama
>
>     /Amazon's Mechanical Turk for Academics /is available for purchase
>     from Amazon in paperback
>     <http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001zjK9JWmgq9tenlYiM2DxiM-QYGzUCUisUKYoEg0iGu-SHgbKid4dDlhC2HJxCKK7-X9Uv0sV1Dk3Fg5bRChNjUXGNmFba-Wo84Jzg_y0MXLUGWUZWePFuZg8CoJCun-X04-Xs-YfC5VNNN71vp5TIhsBEW3c6cy88ORFvIsCOEngZb4jwA4MWJhRjCMbAKwNenPrGfQlPFbaIcae9ffvWdt0GDOMMItFhJlInRCYSymlZGpG5fq_E_eanvQBydzB8TcvLd8Wkwv2k4t6BAf1AiyFf04YAyIEtc5fP9DTCEe8lISZeWaYeaTldrOXRufnFs3pUwCTYzN4VF_5kiJ2admNC4S9MTZxFajsaiyfzM5OenHtJyfTwYzDZxedMeL_Viw_DXK025vsShxDPbZ1iLxrXepET9pD&c=j8n47PMCaWq3cj6i4E7S_sf49uGSfBdj07bGIbXMY_Qjeaz0QKo_LA==&ch=V737OVPWutGGS_25AxtI4AnZYsWg2xhCc0x0xOPdYsIIJLPGKjx_Lw==
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>     and as an eBook
>     <http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001zjK9JWmgq9tenlYiM2DxiM-QYGzUCUisUKYoEg0iGu-SHgbKid4dDlhC2HJxCKK7LE5t1fCNVefdEtZLb_WvJwUERvFiLHQvQC0ETrdENaEAIc4R7zsEufUIcPmxcjHqDZD54dIp2u0IGhX9E-_t4myrWhyXy07Pl8Pdapc8HFehzoIf3OfAhxfOKiLrNi54sx1vHcP0GH1xREu7PCDZVpPqbRLdX10H&c=j8n47PMCaWq3cj6i4E7S_sf49uGSfBdj07bGIbXMY_Qjeaz0QKo_LA==&ch=V737OVPWutGGS_25AxtI4AnZYsWg2xhCc0x0xOPdYsIIJLPGKjx_Lw==
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>
>
>     Melvin & Leigh
>
>
>     Melvin & Leigh, Publishers LLC
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>
>     -- 
>     Matthew C. Pittman, M.Div.
>     Media Studies PhD Student & Graduate Teaching Fellow
>     University of Oregon School of Journalism & Communication
>
>     mpittman at uoregon.edu <mailto:mpittman at uoregon.edu> .
>     www.matthewpittman.net <http://www.matthewpittman.net>
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-- 
Matthew C. Pittman, M.Div.
Media Studies PhD Student & Graduate Teaching Fellow
University of Oregon School of Journalism & Communication

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