Shirky and Sanger, or the costs of crowdsourcing

Online knowledge production sites do not rely on isolated experts but on collaborative processes, on the wisdom of the group or “crowd”. Some authors have argued that it is possible to combine traditional or credentialled expertise with collective production; others believe that traditional expertis...

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Main Author: Mathieu O'Neil
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sissa Medialab 2010-03-01
Series:JCOM: Journal of Science Communication
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Online Access:http://jcom.sissa.it/archive/09/01/Jcom0901%282010%29C01/Jcom0901%282010%29C04/Jcom0901%282010%29C04.pdf