Crowdsourcing

As time has passed, crowdsourcing has been the root of many changes within the ways in which companies approach creating content. Crowdsourcing is the practice of engaging a group for the same goal. It’s all about obtaining tools and services needed for ones business from a large amount of people instead a small common group. These groups tend to solve problems in different industries. According to the article The Rise of Crowdsourcing it speaks about istock photo, a site where amateur photographers, students, dancers, engineers and more can share their work on a marketplace for everyone to see and use for the work for an affordable price. With this, we see how today there is no differences between a professional or amateurs. At this point, thanks to crowdsourcing we can see the connection all photographers have. In the New York Times article Crowdsourcing to Get Ideas, and Perhaps Save Money, we see how crowdsourcing can be put for the use of anyone and can become a guide for starting their own practice. In the case of Lee Mayer the founder of Havenly, she used crowdsourcing to kickstart her company to test pricing, products, and website design. As mentioned in the article, The Blurring Line Between Amateur and Professional it states “The 20th century media industries divided us into two distinct classes. There were professionals who produced content, and were paid for their trouble. And there were amateurs who consumed content and paid for the privilege. This is such a deeply-ingrained part of our culture that Murray doesn’t even state it explicitly: he’s a professional writer, and so he’s entitled to more than $75 when the New York Times runs his op-ed.” with this, we see how today there is no difference between professional and amateurs. Whether its being a writer or photographer big named companies would rather go to the more affordable route to work with in the long run.

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