New media and democratic society 1117 presentation2

New Media and Democratic Society1117 presentation

Fannin Chen Tina Chen

CrowdsourcingMashupsCitizen journalism

10年11月21日星期日

Introduction of the Author Karthika Muthukumaraswamy She was from India and moved to US

since 2001 3 graduate degrees in 13 Integrated Master of Science in

LifeSciences in India13 microbiology in U pennsylvania13 master of journalism in Temple U a research specialist in the Department

of Cardiology at the University of Pennsylvania

multi aspects background shersquos now a freelance writer focus on politics media science research and


Introduction of the Author Anand Girid haradas Born in Cleveshyland Ohio to parents

from Bomshybay he has also resided in Paris and outshyside Washington DC where his family still lives

He studied the history of political thought at the Unishyvershysity of Michishygan Ann Arbor and at St Edmund Hall Oxford

the author of ldquoIndia Calling An Intimate Portrait of a Nationrsquos Remakingrdquo

He writes the ldquoCurrentsrdquo colshyumn


Jeff Howe He invented the term ldquocrowdsourcingrdquo in one of the articles he

wrote for Wired magazine in 2006

He is an editor at Wired magazine where he covers the media and entertainment industry

He is also a Nieman Fellow at Harvard University (The Nieman Fellowship is an award given to mid-career journalists by The Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard University)

He mentioned in his article that crowdsourcing is actually the application of open source principles to fields outside of software

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Crowdsourcing What is Crowdsourcing

Crowdsourcing is the act of taking a job traditionally performed by a designated employee and outsourcing it to an undefined generally large group of people in a form of open call

Howe differentiated four types of crowdsourcing strategies Crowdfunding Crowdcreation Crowdvoting Crowd wisdom

Example of Crowdfunding spotus

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What is mashup Mash up is a web application hybrid

Merrill 2006Mapping mashups (google map yahoo map API)Video and photo mashups (flickr sudoku)Search and shopping mashups (amazon wishlist)News mashups (RSS ATOM)


Mapping mashups NYC Craigslist Apartments Yahoo Pipes

+Yahoo Maps+Microsoft Outlook Mashup


Video and photo mashups Play sudoku using numbers from Flickr


Search and shopping mashups Amazon wish list Integrate all thing you want to buy in one page


News mashups Integrate news article from lots of news websites


Mashups + croudsourcing Ushahiti What is Ushahidi (Youtube video)13 -Swahili (Bentu language) means testimony or

witnessldquo13 -Created for Kenyas post election violence since

200713 -People reported violence through text email

twitter and place it on google map13 ldquoGet critical and timely information to the

people who needed the mostrdquo


Haiti crisis map


What does Ushahiti do now Concerning public reporting crisisSudan Vote Monitor is a Sudanese civil society initiative that used SMS to monitor the elections in the SudanChile Crisis Map is tracking the post-earthquake crisis response and recovery efforts in Chile

InterestingSnowmageddon The Cleanup - Where the Washington region comes together to dig out


OpenStreetMap in the Haiti relief httpwwwopenstreetmaporg13 Anyone can map13 Wikipedia for maps13 over 160000 users The earthquake devastate Haiti Update the road network and map to let the aid

come in time Have a complet look in 48hrs Amazing reconstruction if mapping13 Haiumlti map coverage in Openstreetmap

following 2010 earthquake (Youtube video)


OpenStreetMap in the Haiti relief It looks like this now


OpenStreetMap in the Haiti relief What does the user sayhellip13 Kjeld Jensen Red Cross (IFRC) hellip A few days ago

I installed a version on my Garmin Oregon GPS and the result is impressive It has already saved me and my driver from getting lost twice and the alternative would have been long delays In the coming days I will try to update our Red Cross relief GPS receivers with your map

Google crisis responese13 Haiti Earthquake ndash Imagery Downloads13 httpwwwgooglecomreliefhaitiearthquake

imageryhtml13 Intended for use by mapping professionals with


Mission 4636 httpwwwmission4636org ldquoIt allowed people on the ground to text their

requests for medical care food water security and shelter from any Digicel Comcel-Voila device and receive aidrdquo

Where people do not have internet access or smart phone they can still report crisis through SMS text


Examples of Crowdsourcing outside journalism DARPArsquos red ballon challenge

In less than 9 hours a group from MIT spotted all the 10 red balloons and won a prize of 40000 dollars

Profit sharing helps crack the challenge The reliability issues was also mentioned

Amazon Mechanical Turk A platform for business owners to submit HITs (Human

Intelligence Tasks) The HITs are designed to require very little time and offer

very little compensation

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Examples of Crowdsourcing outside journalism Google image labeler

An application designed as a game in order to help Google improve image search results

Very addictive game as shown by the points users earned

Quirkycom An example of crowdsourcing in product developments The website asks its users to submit ideas of an product or

vote for ideas thatʼs been submited Compared with traditional business models the advantage

is you only pay what you use and an unlimited amount of people are helping you

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Examples of Crowdsourcing in journalism Gallop survey shows that faith in traditional media has reached

a new low peoplersquos demand for online news is increasing Help me investigate

A website designed for using crowdsourcing in investigative journalism

The key idea behind the site is that it breaks down investigations into different elements

People with specialist knowledges are helping journalists with their investigation

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Examples of Crowdsourcing in journalism New York Times Lens

A project asks normal people to freeze their moments at 3 pm May 2nd

Received over 10000 photos submitted from all around the world

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Examples of Crowdsourcing in journalism YouTubersquos ldquoLife in a dayrdquo Project

YouTubers are asked to record their day on July 24th 2010

The bits and pieces submitted from around the world will then be collected and built into a feature-length documentary film

Implications Crowdsourcing in such projects are an important

method of storing history This method is especially important for countries

where part of the history is a taboo topic Crowdsourcing might be a good idea for oral history

projects

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Citizen Journalism Jay Rosen He is a press critic a writer and a professor of

journalism at New York University Strong supporter of citizen journalism Definition of Citizen Journalism (Youtube video)


Citizen Journalism- examples CNN ireport (citizen journalism +

crowdsourcing) httpireportcnncom Assignments13 there are assignments set for ireporter Voice 13 ireporter on CNN live Hear what Lila King a senior producer of

CNNcom said about citizen journalism13 httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=5tmW8PttqlU Set up a topic find news worthy articles

integrate with CNN


Twin Cities Daily Plan httpwwwtcdailyplanetnet Goal 13 ldquoWe strive for high standards of fairness

accuracy and accountabilityrdquo13 ldquobring together professionals and citizens to

create diverse content in local journalismrdquo They do train citizen journalism skills Itrsquos professionally edited and staffed by a few

part-time professional editors and journalists (who do ldquoquality controlrdquo)


wikinews httpenwikinewsorgwikiMain_Page Works just like Wikipedia You can create new page and start writing or

editing news that has been done before


Compare to the ldquofive casesrdquo Crowdsourcing involves many peoplersquos work Citizen journalism encompasses crowdsourcing

(Bowman amp Willis 2003 Lasica 2003) but often refers to a more generalized notion of non-professional journalists contributing to the news gathering andor reporting process of a professional journalism (Thiel-Stern 2009)

One can accomplish a news article but combining with the wisdom of the crowd- lots of articles or say crisis reports it can form a tremendous power force


Trustworthiness The 5 most Entertaining Crowdsourcing Disasters

Lesson learned Crowdsourcing is not a good idea when the crowd is not well managed Targeting the right crowd is key here

The trustworthiness of the information collected TripAdvisor case

Hotel owners were were upset about the fraudulent reviews on TripAdvisor

The website responded that they value reviewers privacy and they would not provided names

The reviews were finally removed due to media pressure

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Trustworthiness Are review sites trustworthy Yelpcom case

Yelp salespeople have offered to remove bad reviews theyve also removed good reviews when businesses turn down

advertising solicitations Who to trust

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Trustworthiness Other controversial opinions

There is no crowd in crowdsourcing and the vast majority of Wiki entries are the product of a motivated individual

Crowdsourcing is not suitable to solve complex problems

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Crowdsourcing and Democracy It allows minority voices to be heard

Example President Obamarsquos Open For Questions forums were hijacked by marijuana legalization enthusiasts

The possibility of using crowdsourcing in policy making The HMG case

Itrsquos an experiment by the British government Achievements in influencing policy making Using crowdsourcing inside a crowdsourcing project There may be some issues but still the potential is

unlimited

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Thank you

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Introduction of the Author Karthika Muthukumaraswamy She was from India and moved to US

since 2001 3 graduate degrees in 13 Integrated Master of Science in

LifeSciences in India13 microbiology in U pennsylvania13 master of journalism in Temple U a research specialist in the Department

of Cardiology at the University of Pennsylvania

multi aspects background shersquos now a freelance writer focus on politics media science research and













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New media and democratic society 1117 presentation2