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Readers' motivations to participate in hyperlocal news content creation

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Readers are increasingly participating to news content creation by submitting user-generated content (UGC). We studied the participation motivations of active readers who send photo content to a hyperlocal news publisher. The first results based on an online questionnaire indicate that fun, the opportunity to get a monetary reward and informing others of local issues are the strongest motivators. In addition, participation to the news making activity and self-expression are important motivations. Those who intentionally planned and searched for topics to report with photos, reported more often the opportunity for extra income and development as a photographer as participation motivations than those, who captured photos when a good topic came about.

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  • (2019)What Motivates the Crowd?Crowdsourcing and Knowledge Management in Contemporary Business Environments10.4018/978-1-5225-4200-1.ch006(103-133)Online publication date: 2019
  • (2013)A Field Trial on Mobile Crowdsourcing of News Content Factors Influencing ParticipationHuman-Computer Interaction – INTERACT 201310.1007/978-3-642-40477-1_4(54-73)Online publication date: 2013

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GROUP '12: Proceedings of the 2012 ACM International Conference on Supporting Group Work
October 2012
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ISBN:9781450314862
DOI:10.1145/2389176
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  1. content
  2. crowdsourcing
  3. hyperlocal
  4. motivation
  5. news
  6. participation
  7. participatory journalism
  8. photo
  9. ugc

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  • (2019)What Motivates the Crowd?Crowdsourcing and Knowledge Management in Contemporary Business Environments10.4018/978-1-5225-4200-1.ch006(103-133)Online publication date: 2019
  • (2013)A Field Trial on Mobile Crowdsourcing of News Content Factors Influencing ParticipationHuman-Computer Interaction – INTERACT 201310.1007/978-3-642-40477-1_4(54-73)Online publication date: 2013

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