30 July 2008

Crowdsourcing: where social media meets reportage

The other day, I spoke of how Twitter feeds can become a source for reporters covering a hot breaking event -- because people with mobile phones and access to eyewitnesses can instantly put stuff into the World Wide Web.
Now, I have discovered a smart new word for it: crowdsourcing.
Here is the Wikipedia entry for that word.

\Crowdsourcing\

1 comment:

Madhavan said...

Thank you, Tessa. I have not been updating my blog due to various pressures. Hopefully, your feedback will spur me on.