These essays appeared together as a feature special section in Volume 5 (2011) of the International Journal of Communication. My thanks to the authors for their contributions.
Section Intro:
The Politics of Academic Labor in Communication Studies: A Re-Introduction — Jonathan Sterne
Structural Issues:
Academic Labor and the Literature of Discontent in Communication — Thomas A. Discenna
The Contingency of (Some) Academic Labor: Communication Studies and the Cognitariat — Toby Miller
First They Came for Everyone: The Assault on Civil Society is an Injury to All — Victor Pickard
Contradictions and Administration:
Who’s Sitting in the President’s Box?: Development and the Neoliberal University — Carol Stabile
Reflecting on Academic Labor from the Other Side — Fernando Delgado
Confessions of a Reluctant Manager in the Academic Labor System — Anonymous
Administration in the Neo-Liberal World — Anonymous
Rethinking Careers:
Four Myths About Academic Labor — Amy M. Pason
Of Careers and Curricula Vitae: Losing Track of Academic Professionalism — Kathleen F. McConnell
Rethinking Work:
PowerPoint and Labor in the Mediated Classroom — Ira Wagman and Michael Z. Newman
Canned Courses: Lecture Capture, Podcasting and the Transformations of Academic Labor — Mark Hayward
The Visible College — Ted Striphas
Activism:
Negotiating Labor and Management in the French Context — Jayson Harsin
A Modest Proposal, and Its Consequences — Kembrew McLeod
Product UG and Critical Visioning in Communication Studies — Joel Saxe