Wikinomics, Crowd Sourcing, Wisdom of Crowds

The readings for week 8 were about how new groups form, and what types of structures they acquire. Next week ’s readings delve deeper into how these large groups work. As you read, any of the three books, try to understand:

1) What is the phenomenon we’re looking at? What is: mass
collaboration, peer production, crowd sourcing? [...]

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