Crowdsourcing by Jeff Howe

A) Read the following articles

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crowdsourcing

 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-17531736

http://money.howstuffworks.com/kickstarter.htm

http://news.yahoo.com/ok-kickstarter-money-211418882.html

http://blogs.howstuffworks.com/2010/03/06/they-might-be-giants-crowdsources-a-homestar-runner-film/

B) Questions to answer for a blogpost on crowdsourcing

1. What is Jeff Howe's Definition of Crowd Sourcing?
2. What does the video believe is the key to successful crowd-sourcing?
3. Why do "crowds" form on the internet? Are you part of an online crowd- if so which?
4. What are the crucial terms in Jeff Howes idea of crowd-sourcing? why is this crucial?
5. Name two reasons why this type of crowd-sourcing is now possible?
6. how effective do you believe it to be?
7. What do you think is the motivation behind it?
8. Name three advantages and disadvantages of a crowd sourcing?