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crowdsourcing
Obtaining information from the general public about current events, products and retail establishments. For example, if a natural disaster strikes an area, locals can capture and upload images before a professional news crew arrives. In addition, rather than hire a professional poll taker, using a Web site or blog to ask for public opinion may be the fastest way to generate comments and suggestions. See user-generated content.

Let the Public Do the Work
Amazon.com's Mechanical Turk (www.mturk.com) enables people to enter a task description and an amount they will pay for its completion. A body of workers (the Turks; the crowd) peruse the job list and fulfill the tasks. InnoCentive (www.innocentive.com) enlists scientists worldwide to do research for pharmaceutical, biotech, agribusiness and other companies. Awards are issued for solutions that best meet requirements. See Mechanical Turk and Google Answers.
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Affiliate marketing is an Internet-based enterprise which is a form of crowd sourcing.
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Although a motivating factor in do-it-yourself pedagogy is a desire to examine the conditions under which knowledge is acquired, this tendency in art also partakes of the wider shift in our culture from reverence for hierarchical structures of authority to a preference for the crowd sourcing of information and ideas.
Art pedagogy by Heather, Rosemary / C: International Contemporary Art
 
 
 
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