{"590942":{"#nid":"590942","#data":{"type":"external_news","title":"Co-working Spaces are the Future of Work But That Could Be a Good Thing","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThomas Lodato, an alumnus of the School of Literature, Media, and Communication (Ph.D. Digital Media 2015), was quoted in \u0026ldquo;Co-working Spaces are the Future of Work But That Could Be a Good Thing\u0026rdquo;\u0026nbsp;by\u0026nbsp;\u003Cstrong\u003EThe Guardian\u003C\/strong\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EExcerpt:\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cblockquote\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003EAccording to\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.academia.edu\/31907421\/Managing_community_Coworking_hospitality_and_the_precarious_future\u0022\u003Eresearch\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;by user experience researchers Melissa Gregg and Thomas Lodato, co-working can be a positive choice for many freelancers . They argue that, in part, such workers are seeking \u0026ldquo;relief from the emotional demands of the corporate office\u0026rdquo;.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ECo-working spaces, they write, \u0026ldquo;expanded significantly in the wake of the global financial crisis of 2008\/9\u0026rdquo;, adding this \u0026ldquo;style of work emerged in response to the slow plod of austerity, hollowed-out corporations, underemployment and career insecurity\u0026rdquo;. They argue that \u0026ldquo;co-working spaces met a growing demand for care and fulfilment as much as employment\u0026rdquo;.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EFor the full article, read\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/sustainable-business\/2017\/apr\/24\/co-working-spaces-are-the-future-of-work-but-that-could-be-a-good-thing\u0022\u003Ehere\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"28513","created_gmt":"2017-04-25 21:16:55","changed_gmt":"2017-04-25 21:16:55","author":"Daniel Singer","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","publication":"Christine Angelini","field_article_url":"","publication_url":"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/sustainable-business\/2017\/apr\/24\/co-working-spaces-are-the-future-of-work-but-that-could-be-a-good-thing","dateline":{"date":"2017-04-23T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2017-04-23T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"590941":{"id":"590941","type":"image","title":"Thomas Lodato","body":null,"created":"1493155000","gmt_created":"2017-04-25 21:16:40","changed":"1493155000","gmt_changed":"2017-04-25 21:16:40","alt":"Thomas Lodato","file":{"fid":"225159","name":"thomaslodato.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/thomaslodato.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/thomaslodato.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":16105,"path_740":"http:\/\/tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/thomaslodato.jpg?itok=iEYCuNaI"}}},"media_ids":["590941"],"groups":[{"id":"1281","name":"Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}