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peersourcing traditions
"... communities are better [than firms] at both identifying talented people and evaluating their output. These operations increasingly lie at the heart of the information economy, the raw material of which isn't iron or steel but, in [Yochai] Benkler's words, 'human creative labor.'"
— Jeff Howe
Crowdsourcing
peersourcing strategies
Your role as a peersourcer is to help the writer strengthen his/her submission.
During the early stages of the review process, when a writer has marked a submission with "just thinking" or "drafting," your goal is to provide global feedback on the writer's topic or angle. Try to help the writer understand whether his/her topic is interesting to an audience of UNC undergraduates and make recommendations about what might make the submission more compelling to this audience.
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As you read, rate, and review submissions you are engaging in composing as a social practice, helping the writer understand how an audience is actually responding to the piece.
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As a writer, try to use the readers reactions to your work to help you understand whether your current composing strategies are effective for this audience and to help you find ways to make your revisions more effective.
