Motivations for Participation in a Crowdsourcing Application to Improve Public Engagement in Transit Planning

Journal of Applied Communication Research

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 307-328

  Brabham, Daren C ^a  

^a The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

Author keywords

Crowdsourcing; Internet; Motivations; Public Participation; Qualitative Methods (Interviewing)

Indexed keywords

EID: 84864585816     PISSN: 00909882     EISSN: 14795752     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00909882.2012.693940     Document Type: Article

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