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The New War Correspondents: The Rise of Civic Media Curation in Urban Warfare

On By Andrés Monroy-HernándezIn papers5 Comments

A few weeks ago, while I was visiting a city in northern Mexico, I witnessed some of the drug-related violence people have been experiencing almost every day: several bodies were hung from a bridge and a number of shootouts were reported throughout in the city. As if that was not terrifying enough, I was not able …

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The Cost of Collaboration for Code and Art

On By Andrés Monroy-HernándezIn Writing3 Comments

Does collaboration result in higher quality creative works than individuals working alone? Is working in groups better for functional works like code than for creative works like art? Although these questions lie at the heart of conversations about collaborative production on the Internet and peer production, it can be hard to find research settings where you …

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