Tag: crowdsourcing

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • Crowdsourcing in Open Journalism: Benefits, Challenges, and Value Creation

    In this book chapter, “Crowdsourcing in Open Journalism: Benefits, Challenges, and Value Creation,” published in the Routledge Companion to Digital Journalism Studies (2017), pp. 185-193, I examine the role of the online crowds for sourcing information and resources in journalism. I introduce a framework for analyzing the value of crowdsourcing as an open journalistic practice.…

  • Crowdsourcing as a Knowledge Search Method in Digital Journalism: Ruptured Ideals and Blended Responsibility

    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.    

  • The Role of Crowdfunding as a Business Model in Journalism: A Five-Layered Model of Value Creation

    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…

  • Balancing Between Open and Closed: Co–creation in Magazine Journalism

    Balancing Between Open and Closed: Co–creation in Magazine Journalism

    How do crowdsourcing and co-creation affect readers’ relationship to a publication? How do traditional journalistic practices change in an established lifestyle magazine, when open journalistic practices, like crowdsourcing, are deployed? This article addresses those questions, and you can read the article below.