Crowdsourcing Argumentative Analysis

Wikipedia officials agree — in part — with Middlebury’s history department. “That’s a sensible policy,” Sandra Ordonez, a spokeswoman, said in an e-mail interview. “Wikipedia is the ideal place to start your research and get a global picture of a topic, however, it is not an authoritative source. In fact, we recommend that students check the facts they find in Wikipedia against other sources. Additionally, it is generally good research practice to cite an original source when writing a

(alt title? Are your Super Bowl commercials effective? A study into consumer brand recall against the creative treatment of Super Bowl commercials) – 06_11_14

Out of the multitude of commercials, viewers were able to choose their favorites ads, based on their uniqueness and creativity. The number one place, according

One advertisement and many would say their most famous advertisement was in 1993 during the Super Bowl. just before the kickoff of Super Bowl XXVII on NBC, McDonald's aired "The Showdown" with Larry Bird and Michael Jordan, a minute and a half ad in which Jordan shows up at a gym with a Big Mac sandwich and fries and is challenged by Bird to a game of H*O*R*S*E, with the winner getting the meal.

Wikipedia offers limited information about my new hometown, Virginia Beach, seems accurately informative. Because the article originates from Wikipedia my expectations were lowered because of its low credibility among scholars, professors, and students alike. However, I want to point out, a professor from another class relies on Wikipedia articles for certain topic. Consequently, I refer to Wikipedia whenever I desire to gain a general overview about a difficult topic or concept before conducting a thorough research.

Nowadays, a page is checked several times a day. For example, the article on London was last checked on the ninth of March at 14.12, while right now it is the ninth of March 18.15 (“London” par 13). Additionally, a Wikipedia page can be put under Protection Mode, preventing somebody to add inaccurate information (“Wikipedia: Protection” par 1). There are four different kinds of protection, each one to a different degree: full protection, semi-protection, creation protection, and move protection (“Wikipedia: Protection” par 1). Moreover, according to the BBC, a survey of the British journal Nature showed that Wikipedia is as accurate as the Encyclopaedia Britannica (“Wikipedia survives” par 1). In the survey, scientific entries on Wikipedia as well as the Encyclopaedia Britannica were anonymously checked on errors by peer reviewers. In each encyclopaedia the reviewers found four errors, so Wikipedia and Encyclopaedia Britannica are evenly accurate (“Wikipedia survives” par 10).

In the textbook Practical Arguments, there are a series of essays over whether or not Wikipedia is an open source website, one of which is: “Anonymous Source is Not the Same as Open Source,” by Randall Stross. This essay discusses how, in its current state, Wikipedia is not an open source website, due to the fact that it does not have a specific supervisor to inspect all the information on the site. Instead, Wikipedia gets its content from thousands of individual, usually anonymous, sources that, together, make up the vast encyclopedia that is Wikipedia. In the essay’s entirety, Wikipedia is debunked as being an open source website, however, Stross does explain how this form of Wikipedia is just a beta test and may soon develop itself into an open source website. Through the use of logos, ethos, and pathos, Stross captures the reader’s attention and thoroughly backs his reasoning of why Wikipedia is not an open source website.

These days, 30 seconds of televised advertisement space during the Super Bowl costs $5 million to $5.5 million. According to Sapna Maheshwari of The New York Times, and thanks in part to the rise of the NFL's popularity and increased audience for the Super Bowls. Over 111 million people watched Super Bowl 50, compared to 39 million for Super Bowl II, according to Sports media Watch. I was wondering if these companies get the value on the investment of millions of dollars and the conclusion is yes. A number of major brands, including Doritos, Geico, Old Spice, Budweiser, and Pepsi to name a few that have made numerous appearances during the Super

Denis Diderot, the author of the Encyclopedie, once stated, “There are three principal means of acquiring knowledge... observation of nature, reflection, and experimentation. Observation collects facts; reflection combines them; experimentation verifies the result of that combination.” By taking on the the massive project of the Encyclopédie, he reflected on the tons of facts during his time and bound them together so that others could reflect and experiment. Today we use an expansion of the Encyclopédie called Wikipedia. Wikipedia, the first response to most people’s curiosity, is a digital Encyclopedia that houses information on almost every topic known to man. Part of it’s importance comes from that fact that anyone with internet access can better themselves in anything that interests them, for free. The other half of it’s

With the invention of Wikipedia and the internet, research suddenly became much easier. Instead of having to go to the library and search through encyclopedias and books, the answers are available at our fingertips. According to Marshall Poe “Wikipedia has the potential to be the greatest effort in collaborative knowledge gathering the world has ever known, and it may well be the greatest effort in voluntary collaboration of any kind” (349). What makes Wikipedia different is that it is an “open” encyclopedia. This means two things: anyone is allowed to contribute, and all of the content is made available to the public. Wikipedia created a way for people to discuss and share knowledge about certain

wikipedia has some pros and many cons as a source. It is a popular source for providing information regarding a topic but we can't use the information provided on Wikipedia for our research papers. It is interesting that anyone can edit information on Wikipedia. This increase the chances of providing the wrong information to the readers and makes it harder to believe the information provided on Wikipedia

Wikipedia is a very popular site that includes very reliable information. In fact, students and researchers use the site for their individual projects. Certainly, people visit the site for personal reasons too. For example, to find out more about their favorite sports team or to look up information on a city that they plan to visit. However, some educators and students got together recently. They proposed a question. "Are Wikipedia articles really that accurate." Some feel that educators and researchers have a duty or responsibility to make sure that the information supplied on the site is entirely accurate. Thus, the Wikipedia writing project was born. University students are creating and editing pages to boost the accuracy on the site.

The Frito Lay Company is one example of a crowdsourcing competition success story. They promoted their Doritos brand by allowing consumers to create the advertisements broadcasted during the Super Bowl. The incentive they granted to the winner of the contest was a 1 million dollar cash prize for reaching the number one spot on the USA Today AdMeter. Winners were also granted the option to work with the Lonely Island, a musical trio directed by Andy Samberg (Erickson 2012). This campaign reached its number one goal, and was thus victorious.

Wikipedia is a fee online encyclopedia. It is called a wiki, which is a “website that allows anyone to add, delete, or revise content by using a web browser” (unknown). There have been many studies questioning the credibility or accuracy of Wikipedia. The four most studied subjects are as follows; accuracy of the information in the articles, appropriateness of the pictures in articles, appropriateness of the style and focus of the articles, and the susceptibility of exclusions, and the removal of false information. Most damage is corrected extremely quickly, so quickly that most users never see the errors. In 2007 PC Pro magazine put Wikipedia to the test by inserting 10 errors into different articles to see

When you look at the “Man’s Best Friend “ad that was created for around twenty dollars and won the ad campaign for Doritos. (2012) Which is huge to