Using “big data” from sensors worn continuously outside the lab, researchers have observed
patterns of objective physiology that challenge some of the long-standing theoretical …

Local administrations and governments aim at leveraging wireless communications and
Internet of Things (IoT) technologies to manage the city infrastructures and enhance the …

Social media is already a fixture for reporting for many journalists, especially around
breaking news events where non-professionals may already be on the scene to share an …

This study is the first attempt to investigate altruistic use of interactive public displays in
natural usage settings as a crowdsourcing mechanism. We test a non-paid crowdsourcing …

Stimulating both service users and service providers is of paramount importance to mobile
crowdsourcing. A few incentive mechanisms have been proposed, but all of them have …

Ubiquitous crowdsourcing, or the crowdsourcing of tasks in settings beyond the desktop, is
attracting interest due to the increasing maturity of mobile and ubiquitous technology, such …

Research is increasingly highlighting the potential for situated crowdsourcing to overcome
some crucial limitations of online crowdsourcing. However, it remains unclear whether a …

The most commonly cited issues with mobile apps are low user engagement and retention
levels. In this paper, we use a randomized control trial to test the efficacy of crowdsourcing …

Many journalists and newsrooms now incorporate audience contributions in their sourcing
practices by leveraging user-generated content (UGC). However, their sourcing needs and …

Although storytelling has been recognized as an effective instructional strategy for some
time, most educators are not informed about how to communicate a story that supports …