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| nameofpractice =Vertical crowdsourcing | |||
| flagemoji = 🇷🇺 | |||
| definition =Digital technologies harnessed by the state to create semblance of openness, while in practice neutralising citizens activity and exerting control | |||
| location =Russia | |||
| imagemap =Russia map.png | |||
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}} | [[:Category:Domination|Domination]] – [[:Category: Motivational ambivalence| Motivational ambivalence]] – [[:Category: Control| Control]] – [[:Category: Informal governance| Informal governance]] | ||
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''' | [[:Category:Russia|Russia]] – [[:Category: FSU| FSU]] – [[:Category: Information| Information]] – [[:Category: Cyberinformality| Cyberinformality]] – [[:Category: Internet| Internet]] – [[:Category: Public opinion| Public opinion]] – [[:Category: PR| PR]] – [[:Category: Elite| Elite]] – [[:Category: Public service| Public service]] | ||
| authorofpiece =Gregory Asmolov | |||
| authorinstitution =Department of Media and Communications, London School of Economics, UK | |||
‘Vertical crowdsourcing’ refers to the ways in which digital technologies can be | | authorwebsite =[http://www.lse.ac.uk/media@lse/WhosWho/PhdResearchers/GregoryAsmolov.aspx Profile page at LSE]}} | ||
<big>'''By Gregory Asmolov, Department of Media and Communications, London School of Economics, UK'''</big> | |||
[[Category:Domination]] | |||
[[Category: Motivational ambivalence]] | |||
[[Category: Control]] | |||
[[Category: Informal governance]] | |||
[[Category:Russia]] | |||
[[Category: FSU]] | |||
[[Category: Information]] | |||
[[Category: Cyberinformality]] | |||
[[Category: Internet]] | |||
[[Category: Public opinion]] | |||
[[Category: PR]] | |||
[[Category: Elite]] | |||
[[Category: Public service]] | |||
[[Category:Entry]] | |||
[[Category: Volume 2]] | |||
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|style="font-size:1.1em;"| ‘Vertical crowdsourcing’ refers to the ways in which digital technologies can be | |||
harnessed by state institutions to create a semblance of openness and participation, while in | harnessed by state institutions to create a semblance of openness and participation, while in | ||
practice neutralising citizens’ activity and exerting control over them. ‘Crowdsourcing’ in its | practice neutralising citizens’ activity and exerting control over them. ‘Crowdsourcing’ in its | ||
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Press)</ref>. In ‘vertical crowdsourcing’, state | Press)</ref>. In ‘vertical crowdsourcing’, state | ||
authorities solicit such participation in order to fake or control it. | authorities solicit such participation in order to fake or control it. | ||
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Social media, social networking sites and crowdsourcing platforms can contribute to | Social media, social networking sites and crowdsourcing platforms can contribute to | ||
the empowerment of individual users, including new forms of civic participation<ref>Shirky, C. 2008. Here Comes Everybody: The Power of Organizing Without Organizations. | the empowerment of individual users, including new forms of civic participation<ref>Shirky, C. 2008. Here Comes Everybody: The Power of Organizing Without Organizations. | ||
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tools can position users as object of control, contributing to decreasing transparency and | tools can position users as object of control, contributing to decreasing transparency and | ||
accountability and preventing genuine civic participation. | accountability and preventing genuine civic participation. | ||
== | ==References== | ||
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