Collaborative News Survey: Hype versus Reality

Extremely interesting - especially the taxonomy of usage:

Axel Bruns uses
a slightly different set of categories, also loosely based on the idea of
openness, in classifying collaborative online news production. He identifies
seven criteria:

• Participation at Input Stage (ability to contribute material)
• Participation at Output Stage (ability to edit “to be published”
  material)
• Participation at Response Stage (ability to comment, extend, filter,
  or edit published content)
• Centrality of Gatewatching[c] (focus on original news vs.
  commentary of gatewatched news)
• Fixed roles (extent of specific roles in the production process)
• Mobility of Peers (the ability for participants to rise or fall in
  status depending on their contribution behavior on the site)
• Centrality of the Organization (centralized vs. decentralized
  technological and institutional setup supporting the site)

Wished I had read this last night!