Short Paper Guidelines:
Chapter contains a reading about a company called ModCloth that uses crowdsourcing as a tool to build a successful business. After reading the article
"Crowd-Powered: Why Doritos Lets Fans Make Its Super Bowl Ads" and watching the video "Doritos: Crash the Super Bowl 2014," choose one of the other articles that interests you:
- "Crime Solving by Crowdsourcing: On Internet, Thousands Sift Through Photos, Trying to Identify Bomb Suspects"
- "Science by Crowdsourcing: MIT Researcher Creates Online Game to Gather Help Unlocking Brain's Mysteries"
- "Should We Trust the Wisdom Of Crowds?"
The articles and the video can be found in the module resources for Module Three.
Prompt: Discuss how the internet has influenced the power and pitfalls of crowdsourcing. Cite the two articles to support your discussion, and be sure to write using APA Writing Style.
Guidelines for Submission: The short paper must follow these formatting guidelines: 1-2 pages, double spacing, 12-point Times New Roman font, one-inch margins, and discipline-appropriate citations.