POLITICAL

AND
CROWDSOURCI
NG
Dianne Louise F. Tolentino
BSE SST 3-1
 OBJECTIVES

A. Define what is political application of social

networking and crowdsourcing

B. Identify the advantages of media

technology in Politics

C. Appreciate the importance of

crowdsourcing.
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POLITICS
The media acts as a bridge between
government and public. Political
communication can be defined as
the connection concerning politics
and citizens and the interaction
modes that connect these groups to
each other.
 5 TIPS FOR USING SOCIAL MEDIA IN
GOVERNMENT

1. Learn where your audience hang out

2. Share relevant, valuable content and

information

3. Engage with your followers

4. Stay secure

5. Remain compliant
 CROWDSOURCING

● Crowdsourcing is a type of participative online activity in

which an individual, an institution, a non-profit organization,
or company proposes to a group of individuals of varying
knowledge, heterogeneity, and number, via a flexible open
call, the voluntary undertaking of a task.
TYPES OF CROWDSOURCING

1. WISDOM OF THE CROWD

2. CROWD CREATION

3. CROWD VOTING

4. CROWDFUNDING
WAZE

WAZE
Traffic apps are designed to help drivers
avoid accidents by providing them with up-
to-date information about traffic conditions
in their area. Traffic apps rely on the
contributions of thousands of “citizen
scientists” who use their smartphones to
report road incidents and traffic congestion.
WIKIPEDIA

WIKIPEDIA
One of the earliest applications of online
crowdsourcing is Wikipedia. In 2001,
Wikipedia launched a free, web-based,
multilingual, and collaborative
encyclopedia based on a non-profit
business model.