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The article contributes to the theoretical debate on the current state of the global economic system and the implications it holds for the (re)distribution of social and economic power. The theoretical framework of the discussion builds upon critical accounts of the rise of platform capitalism – an economic and social system founded on digitalised work. The imagining of futures is based on the mapping of possible actors and paths of the continuation or disruption of ongoing trends. Although digitalisation in principle holds the potential to foster economic growth and reduce inequalities, the accelerated development of the digital economy in the last few decades has been accompanied by unequally distributed positive and negative economic outcomes. Overcoming the precariousness of work and life as a universal problem should be founded in simultaneous local, short-term, partial resistance and attempts to limit the negative impacts and spread of precariousness on one hand and conceptualising and promoting comprehensive and universal solutions to precariousness on the other as part of a general rethinking of the social, political and economic order of our age. Keywords: digital technology, digital economy, precarious work and life, platform economy, platform capitalism, economic power, economic inequalities

Abstract. We examined the changing sense of control over one's life during epidemics. Using original survey data during the first lockdown in May 2020 our case study focuses on Ljubljana's multi-apartment buildings (MAB) which, due to the physical proximity of the residents and the common spaces/facilities represent a distinct case with its particular threats (infection spread) and potential resources (neighbourly support) for coping with epidemic-related problems. We found a dramatic drop in perceived control over one's life, from 75% of respondents in usual times to 35% during the pandemic. Accounting for a range of epidemic-associated occurrences in the building and among the residents our regression analysis shows their significant impact on residents' sense of control that highly exceeding those of the quality of life and of basic socio-demographic characteristics. While our case study demonstrates that the specific setting of an MAB can provide a valuable layer of human action in times of crisis, further research is needed to permit generalisations. Keywords: pandemic, perceived control over one's life, ontological security, multi-apartment buildings, wellbeing, control over one's life

Avtorica je v svoji monografiji Med knjižnim in neknjižnim na radijskih valovih v Mariboru dokumentirano predstavila obstoječo jezikovno kulturo in odstopanja od zborne izreke v javnem govoru na komercialnem in nacionalnem radiu, na osnovi česar je sleherno poglavje zaključila s sintezo, ki z dodanim komentarjem prikazuje temeljne ugotovitve. Dejstvo je, da je v slovenskem prostoru zelo malo jezikovnih analiz medijskega govora, primerjalnih med nacionalnim in komercialnim radiem pa sploh. Rezultati monografije torej z natančno analizo nekaterih segmentov zapolnjujejo ta prazni prostor in po eni strani postavljajo pomembna metodološka in vsebinska izhodišča za nadaljnje raziskave, po drugi strani pa so spoznanja zanimiva za radijski medij sam, saj opozarjajo na ustreznost besedil glede na normo slovenskega jezika, hkrati pa se ugotavlja, da imajo mediji pomembno vlogo tudi pri njenem spreminjanju.