Be Heard

Crowdsourcing has been around as long as the dictionary. Literally, the Oxford Dictionary was crowdsourced. This is what the Oxford Dictionary defines crowdsourcing as;

Crowdsourcing allows anyone to have their opinion, if they want to share it. Personally, I think this is a wonderful thing. Now, more than ever, people have the opportunity to share their mind and have their voice heard. It has become even more common for journalists or news organisations to find a person with an opinion through social media.

Not only can a person share an opinion or their own story, they can provide further information. A great example of this is how Paul Lewis managed to find out about the greater details of the death of Ian Tomlinson.

After listening to Paul Lewis' TED talk my eyes have been opened to the power crowd sourcing has.

I have never really like the idea of crowd sourcing because I think some people aren't honest. The contributors may bend the truth, maybe to make their information seem more dramatic or worth while.

However, now I understand that if used correctly through appealing to the right crowd, useful and insightful information can be gathered extremely quickly. I see the potential that crowd sourcing has in creating a piece that has balance of viewpoints and correct information by simply putting out a call to the public.