Publication Type
Journal Article
Version
publishedVersion
Publication Date
9-2015
Abstract
What is the state of the research on crowdsourcing for policymaking? This article begins to answer this question by collecting, categorizing, and situating an extensive body of the extant research investigating policy crowdsourcing, within a new framework built on fundamental typologies from each field. We first define seven universal characteristics of the three general crowdsourcing techniques (virtual labor markets, tournament crowdsourcing, open collaboration), to examine the relative trade-offs of each modality. We then compare these three types of crowdsourcing to the different stages of the policy cycle, in order to situate the literature spanning both domains. We finally discuss research trends in crowdsourcing for public policy and highlight the research gaps and overlaps in the literature.
Keywords
crowdsourcing, crowdsourcing trade-offs, open collaboration, policy cycle, policy processes, policy stages, tournament crowdsourcing, virtual labor markets
Discipline
Political Science | Public Affairs, Public Policy and Public Administration
Research Areas
Political Science
Publication
Policy and Internet
Volume
7
Issue
3
First Page
340
Last Page
361
ISSN
1944-2866
Identifier
10.1002/poi3.102
Publisher
Wiley: 24 months
Citation
PRPIC, John, TAEIHAGH, Araz, & MELTON, James.(2015). The Fundamentals of Policy Crowdsourcing. Policy and Internet, 7(3), 340-361.
Available at: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soss_research/1860
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Authors
Creative Commons License
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Additional URL
https://doi.org/10.1002/poi3.102
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