A voice in the crowd: Broader implications for crowdsourcing translation during crisis

Sutherlin, Gwyneth

doi:10.1177/0165551512471593

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“…name, age, gender, location. Translators discarded this information because it contained too little information to send to rescue teams (Sutherlin 2013). The social technology of constituted authority certainly helped 'actors get things done' (Nelson and Sampat 2001, 39), but it also influenced which interactions were made easier and more difficult in a very consequential way.…”

Section: Crowdsourcing In Scientific and Social Practicementioning

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Employing digital crowdsourced information resources: Managing the emerging information commons

Mansell

2013

Int J Commons

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This paper examines the ways loosely connected online groups and formal science professionals are responding to the potential for collaboration using digital technology platforms and crowdsourcing as a means of generating data in the digital information commons. The preferred approaches of each of these groups to managing information production, circulation and application are examined in the light of the increasingly vast amounts of data that are being generated by participants in the commons. Crowdsourcing projects initiated by groups in the fields of astronomy, environmental science and crisis and emergency response are used to illustrate some of barriers and opportunities for greater collaboration in the management of data sets initially generated for quite different purposes. The paper responds to claims in the literature about the incommensurability of emerging approaches to open information management as practiced by formal science and many loosely connected online groups, especially with respect to authority and the curation of data. Yet, in the wake of technological innovation and diverse applications of crowdsourced data, there are numerous opportunities for collaboration. This paper draws on examples employing different social technologies of authority to generate and manage data in the commons. It suggests several measures that could provide incentives for greater collaboration in the future. It also emphasises the need for a research agenda to examine whether and how changes in social technologies might foster collaboration in the interests of reaping the benefits of increasingly large data resources for both shorter term analysis and longer term accumulation of useful knowledge.

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Section: Crowdsourcing In Scientific and Social Practicementioning

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Employing digital crowdsourced information resources: Managing the emerging information commons

Mansell

2013

Int J Commons

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“…However, crowdsourcing requires adequate tools, capable moderators and professional crisis managers that are willing and able to accept the crowdsourcing as an additional tool with its own advantages and limitations. A very good overview of the challenges related to crowdsourcing in crisis situations has been given in [2] and a very critical analysis of the four use cases which are often mentioned as best practices is given in [3].…”

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Crowdsourcing in Crisis and Disaster Management – Challenges and Considerations

Schimak

Havlik

Pielorz

2015

IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology

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With the rise of social media platforms, crowdsourcing became a powerful tool for mobilizing the public. Events such as the earthquake in Haiti or the downfall of governments in Libya and Egypt indicate its potential in crisis situations. In the scope of this paper, we discuss the relevance of crowdsourcing in the area of crisis and disaster management (CDM). Starting with a general overview of the topic, we distinguish between different types of crowds and crowdsourcing and define what is meant by crowdtasking in the area of CDM. After considering technological, societal and ethical challenges for using crowdsourcing in crisis management, applications of crowdsourcing tools in ongoing projects are described and future developments outlined.

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“…Crowdsourcing techniques have helped researchers and industry professionals scale a variety of eorts, from microtasks like image labeling [43,52] and translation [48] to creative expert tasks like producing animations [30] and designing software prototypes [41].…”

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Creating Crowdsourced Research Talks at Scale

Vaish

Goyal

Saberi

et al. 2018

Proceedings of the 2018 World Wide Web Conference on World Wide Web - WWW '18

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There has been a marked shift towards learning and consuming information through video. Most academic research, however, is still distributed only in text form, as researchers often have limited time, resources, and incentives to create video versions of their work. To address this gap, we propose, deploy, and evaluate a scalable, end-to-end system for crowdsourcing the creation of short, 5-minute research videos based on academic papers. Doing so requires solving complex coordination and collaborative video production problems. To assist coordination, we designed a structured workow that enables ecient delegation of tasks, while also motivating the crowd through a collaborative learning environment. To facilitate video production, we developed an online tool with which groups can make micro-audio recordings that are automatically stitched together to create a complete talk. We tested this approach with a group of volunteers recruited from 52 countries through an open call. This distributed crowd produced over 100 video talks in 12 languages based on papers from top-tier computer science conferences. The produced talks consistently received high ratings from a diverse group of non-experts and experts, including the authors of the original papers. These results indicate that our crowdsourcing approach is a promising method for producing high-quality research talks at scale, increasing the distribution and accessibility of scientic knowledge.

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A voice in the crowd: Broader implications for crowdsourcing translation during crisis

Cited by 34 publications

References 11 publications

Employing digital crowdsourced information resources: Managing the emerging information commons

Employing digital crowdsourced information resources: Managing the emerging information commons

Crowdsourcing in Crisis and Disaster Management – Challenges and Considerations

Creating Crowdsourced Research Talks at Scale

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