Week 5: User Generated Content
February 23rd, 2009 Coye
In week 5 our readings deal with how information can act as a public good. We look at two research articles that detail why information sharing is often complicated by different incentives, motivations, costs and benefits. The Thursday lecture is devoted to applying our understanding of this material to two popular-press books: The Wisdom of Crowds and The Long Tail.
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