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Crowdsourcing as a Model for Problem Solving
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An introduction to crowdsourcing is provided, both its theoretical grounding and exemplar cases, taking care to distinguish crowdsourcing from open source production.
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MOVING THE CROWD AT THREADLESS
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This study develops a more complete composite of what motivates the crowd to participate in crowdsourcing applications generally, information crucial to adapt the crowdsourcing model to new forms of problem-solving.
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Crowdsourcing the Public Participation Process for Planning Projects
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It is argued that the crowdsourcing model, a successful, Web-based, distributed problem solving and production model for business, is an appropriate model for enabling the citizen participation process in public planning projects.
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Moving the crowd at iStockphoto: The composition of the crowd and motivations for participation in a crowdsourcing application
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Results indicate that the desire to make money, develop individual skills, and to have fun were the strongest motivators for participation at iStockphoto, and that the crowd at i Stockphoto is quite homogenous and elite.
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Crowdsourcing: A Model for Leveraging Online Communities
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Motivations for Participation in a Crowdsourcing Application to Improve Public Engagement in Transit Planning
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The present applied communication study discusses the motivations of those participants to engage in the Next Stop Design project, an attempt to use crowdsourcing for public participation in transit planning.
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Crowdsourcing as a model for problem solving: Leveraging the collective intelligence of online communities for public good
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This dissertation project proposes crowdsourcing as an online public participation alternative that may ameliorate some of the hindrances of traditional public participation methods.
Crowdsourcing applications for public health.
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Crowdsourcing 1 Running head: CROWDSOURCING Crowdsourcing: A Model for Leveraging Online Communities
Author note: Daren C. Brabham, Ph.D., is an assistant professor in the School of Journalism and Mass Communication at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Early iterations of the…
THE MYTH OF AMATEUR CROWDS
This paper analyzes the discourse of amateurism as it relates to crowdsourcing, a now relatively common model where organizations engage online communities to design goods and solve problems. This…
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