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Paul Bradshaw, Andy BrightwellReader in Online Journalism, School of Media, Birmingham City University, UK (mediacourses.com)Publisher, Online Journalism BlogFounder, Help Me Investigate
Anatomy of an investigation: a case study in crowdsourcing
1. Conceptual context2. Crunching data, asking questions3. Findings
"Given enough eyeballs, all bugs are shallow"
Linus' Law, Eric Raymond
'Wisdom of crowds''Mechanical Turk'
2 strands of crowdsourcing
"Failure for free"
Clay Shirky (2009)
"Consumers will be more powerful within convergence culture - but only if they recognise and use that power"
Jenkins (2006)
The situation in which the product of previous work, rather than direct communication [induces and directs] additional labour
Reagle, in Lih (2009) p82
Stigmergy
Research
Quantitative: 2 surveys + user dataQualitative: semi-structured interviews
To create; inform, entertain; gain status; create connections; sense-making; informed, entertained
Bowman & Willis (2003)
"Weekly cue" "Sense of being involved in something together""Something you could do in your spare time very simply"
Interviews
"Consumption as a networked practice"
Jenkins (2006)
Socio-psychological reward (social)Hedonic personal gratification (fun)
Benkler (2006)
5 ingredients
An alpha userMomentum - resultsBreak-down-ablePublicExpertise
Further research
Fire and water investigations
Wider network context
Measure inbound traffic
Paul BradshawHelpMeInvestigate.comOnlineJournalismBlog.comTwitter.com/[email protected]/onlinejournalist
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