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Crowdfunding in Journalism
In this book chapter “Crowdfunding in Journalism”, published in the International Encyclopedia of Journalism Studies (2019), I review crowdfunding as a business model in journalism. You can read the chapter below.
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Crowdsourcing in Journalism
In this book chapter, published in the Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Communication (2019), I examine crowdsourcing in journalism as a knowledge search method. The chapter provides an overview of crowdsourcing in journalism in an array of applications and discuss its benefits and challenges to journalistic norms and practices. You can read the chapter below.
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Motivation Factors in Crowdsourced Journalism: Social Impact, Social Change, and Peer Learning
What drivers the crowd in crowdsourced journalism? An ideal about a better society. The findings in my article, published in the International Journal of Communication, show that the crowd contributes voluntarily to journalism because they want to mitigate power and knowledge asymmetries. They also want to deliberate with their peers, and learn from them. Read…
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Crowdsourcing as a Knowledge Search Method in Digital Journalism: Ruptured Ideals and Blended Responsibility
In this article I examine how crowdsourcing works as a knowledge search method in investigative journalism. I also show crowdsourcing creates ruptures to traditional journalistic norms, practices and ideals. The article was published in Digital Journalism, and you can access it below or here.
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The Role of Crowdfunding as a Business Model in Journalism: A Five-Layered Model of Value Creation
In this book chapter, published in “Crowdfunding the Future: Media Industries, Ethics and Digital Society”, I provide a framework for analyzing crowdfunding as a business model in journalism. The framework helps us examine the value crowdfunding produces to professional journalism. Full citation: Aitamurto, T. (2015) The role of crowdfunding as a business model in journalism: A five-layered…