Title
Crowdsourcing: Aggregation and Selection Mechanisms and the Impact of Peer Contributions on Contests
Abstract
Crowdsourcing is the act of an agent (individual or organization) who uses the platform (of an intermediary) to call for a large and diverse set of individuals to solve a problem. A crowdsourcing platform aggregates and selects the contributions of the crowd. The analysis suggests that the three aggregation mechanisms, collection, contest, and collaboration, not only exist in their pure form, but may also overlap. Drawing upon transaction cost theory, selection instruments can be categorized into four governance mechanisms: hierarchy, standardization, meritocracy and market. The second part of the thesis places an emphasis on the contest model in crowdsourcing and discusses how the access to peer contributions in contests influences the quality of ideas, the cooperative orientation, the motivation of the crowd and strategic and marketing considerations of the agent. Moreover, this thesis lays the groundwork for future research on hybrid models in crowdsourcing. A hybrid model uses a combination of different actors, aggregation and selection mechanisms, and group structures in a single, multi-round or an iterative process.
Note:
The thesis was graded by my instructor a. Prof. Robert Bauer with an “Sehr gut” (best grade in the Austrian grade system). The thesis will be published as a book, I will also make it available as an pdf download soon.
Tags: Crowdsourcing, Innovation, JKU, Web
The VINE Journal accepted the article “VALUE CO-CREATION THROUGH COLLECTIVE INTELLIGENCE IN THE PUBLIC SECTOR: A REVIEW OF US AND EUROPEAN INITIATIVES” written by Sean Wise, Robert Patton and I (3rd author).
My colleague Marko Hrelja and I (1st author) submitted a paper to the Collective Intelligence Conference 2012 at the MIT Campus in Boston. Our submission has been accepted as a poster.
Finally, I am teaching the Mastercourse “Web-Based Innovation” (study program webscience) together with Robert Bauer this term. A brief version of the course outline can be downloaded here.
Tags: Collective Intelligence, Conference, Crowdsourcing, JKU, Journal, MIT
(Erschienen im ÖH-Courier in der letzten Februarausgabe)
Das Studium der Webwissenschaften ist im Wintersemester 2011 gestartet. Mit dem Studium kann auch im Sommersemester (SS) begonnen werden, jedoch ist in diesem Fall eine Absolvierung des Studiums in Mindestzeit nicht möglich.
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Tags: Webwissenschaften
I am currently writing my thesis on crowdsourcing. Recently, the industry blog crowdsourcing.org, wrote an article about a research paper to which I contributed to during my exchange year in Toronto. Here is the link.
Stefan Pawel, Naumi Haque and I wrote a blog post about the Open Commons Region for the Open Knowledge Foundation blog. Here is the link to the post.
Coming up from us is also a small chapter in a book about the commons. I will keep you updated on this one.
Für die Tagung des Instituts für Gesamtanalyse von 2. - 4.12.2010 habe ich einen Beitrag geschrieben. Dieser ist auf der Homepage des Instituts zu finden. Die nächste Tagung findet am 1. und 2.12.2011 statt. Auch dieses Mal konnte das Institut zahlreiche Persönlichkeiten nach Linz holen, ua. Colin Crouch und Anton Pelinka. Weitere Informationen zur Tagung findet man hier.
Mit Wintersemester 2011/12 startet an der Johannes Kepler Universität das interdisziplinäre und interuniversitäre Studium Webwissenschaften – in dieser Form einzigartig in ganz Österreich. Das Studium an der JKU und der Kunstuniversität Linz soll die wissenschaftliche Basis für das Verständnis des World Wide Web in Theorie und Praxis vermitteln. Zum Auftakt des Studiums lädt die Studienkommission Webwissenschaften am 10. Oktober 2011 um 19.00 Uhr im Unicenter UC 6 zu einem Vortrag von dem US-Soziologen und Web-Pioneer Ted Nelson mit dem Thema „The Web has not yet finished“ ein. Anmeldung an stefan.etzelstorfer@jku.at erbeten.
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Tags: Webwissenschaften
I visited the MIT Medialab in Bosten. A very impressive building but my attention was drawn to a blackboard in the lobby behind a glass wall that proposed a to-do-list for dealing with ideas. Here is the best-of (with some slight adaptions):
- Organize a contest of ideas.
- Think about two ideas at the same time.
- Make a kit of ideas.
- Dance before thinking/having ideas.
- Truly try to desintegrate an idea. Try truly.
- Make a shedule of ideas.
- Organize ideas in small mental folders
- Produce an exhibition of mental make-ready ideas.
- Mentally execute an activity that requires hard physical work.
- Write ideas on paper. Make paperboats and then take them to the river.
- Blow up hundreds of balloons with ideas and let them fly around in a room.
- For each absurd idea, think of one that could have an application in life.
