What is Crowd-sourcing ?
Crowd-sourcing fundamentally means to utilize social media as a people tool and give power to people to witness, record and share the latest tidings happening around their sphere.
The concept of crowd-sourcing news items is not a newfangled one. It started back in 2004-05 when bloggers began blogging the daily news in the content driven websites by revealing very different and genuine news items backed by the "actual" on-ground factual information which was mis-informed by the official statements of regimes and government driven media.
How people have used themselves as citizen journalists to chouse the oppressive governments ?
The world has witnessed the true power of social media which has gone to a completely new level by illuminating a journalist in the common man. The recent unrest in the Arabian countries like Bahrain,Syria,Egypt and Tunisia is a striking example of successful regime changes by the common man by utilizing the power of social media as reporting tools.
Usage in India
In India too, crowd-sourcing campaigns run by individuals on facebook,twitter and youtube played the igniting effect behind the Anna Hazare. The common man can hold government and police more accountable who have developed a habit of refuting factual information by mis-interpretation.
Inspiring video :
TED speaker and citizen Journalist, Paul Lewis talks about the crowdsourcing. One of the most striking vidoes and fabolous I watched this week.
-Bhaskar Tripathi
"It is our wits that make us men"
Crowd-sourcing fundamentally means to utilize social media as a people tool and give power to people to witness, record and share the latest tidings happening around their sphere.
The concept of crowd-sourcing news items is not a newfangled one. It started back in 2004-05 when bloggers began blogging the daily news in the content driven websites by revealing very different and genuine news items backed by the "actual" on-ground factual information which was mis-informed by the official statements of regimes and government driven media.
How people have used themselves as citizen journalists to chouse the oppressive governments ?
The world has witnessed the true power of social media which has gone to a completely new level by illuminating a journalist in the common man. The recent unrest in the Arabian countries like Bahrain,Syria,Egypt and Tunisia is a striking example of successful regime changes by the common man by utilizing the power of social media as reporting tools.
Usage in IndiaIn India too, crowd-sourcing campaigns run by individuals on facebook,twitter and youtube played the igniting effect behind the Anna Hazare. The common man can hold government and police more accountable who have developed a habit of refuting factual information by mis-interpretation.
Inspiring video :
TED speaker and citizen Journalist, Paul Lewis talks about the crowdsourcing. One of the most striking vidoes and fabolous I watched this week.
-Bhaskar Tripathi
"It is our wits that make us men"
