2. User-generated Content

  • The wikitorial experiment of the Los Angeles Times. The Associated Press mocks the results of a "constantly evolving collaboration among readers in a communal search for truth." It even gets parodied..
  • Comments / letters to the editor model, which can get out of control (as it might in a rape case)
  • Discussion point (Handout Exercise): How should moderators have handled these comments on a newspaper story about a knife fight?
  • Contests - membership economy Your Scene
  • Crowd sourcing stories generated by Wikileaks or the WikiScanner