Broadcast talk shows harvest unpaid user content through hashtag prompts

Evidence

Shows like The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon’s “Hashtag Fail” segment regularly call upon viewers to share jokes via a dedicated hashtag, while others like Jimmy Kimmel Live!‘s “I told my kids I ate all their Halloween candy” annual video challenge invite viewers to specially stage and film pranks on young children. — Crystal Abidin, Internet Celebrity, 185

Categorization

• XREF: Examples the audience-commodity and free digital labor frameworks; connects to the longer ‘viewers make the content’ trend. — connects to: TV talk shows extract free creative labor from social media users — Crystal Abidin, Internet Celebrity: Understanding Fame…, 185; Networked audiences force users into unpaid labor to keep their brand image pure — Alice E. Marwick, Status Update: Celebrity, Publicity,…, 492; Quality-content rules extract unpaid user labor benefiting platforms — Tarleton Gillespie, Custodians of the Internet: Platforms,…, 211 (+5 more)

Broader Connections

• Networked audiences force users into unpaid labor to keep their brand image pure #expands (0.82) — Alice E. Marwick, Status Update, 492
• Voluntary user content creation constitutes unpaid labor enriching platform owners #corroborates (0.80) — Yanis Varoufakis, Technofeudalism, 338
• Quality-content rules extract unpaid user labor benefiting platforms #corroborates (0.78) — Tarleton Gillespie, Custodians of the Internet, 211
• Social media participation constitutes unpaid labor from which platforms extract value #corroborates (0.75) — Alice E. Marwick, Status Update, 505
• The networked audience differs from broadcast audiences in enabling active participation #complicates (0.75) — Alice E. Marwick, Status Update, 593
• Platforms extract free labor from users in exchange for recognition and perks #qualifies (0.74)
• Broadcasting personal data creates audience obligation that enforces behavior #qualifies (0.72) — Alice E. Marwick, Status Update, 567