Essay from the year 2011 in the subject Communications - Multimedia, Internet, New Technologies, grade: 1,0, University of Wrocław (Institute of Journalism), course: Social Media, language: English, abstract: The term crowdsourcing becomes more and more popular within the media. Is it only useful for companies? This essay will determine what crowdsourcing really means, how it is used and what the chances for other sectors are. Furthermore, it will provide some rules for successful crowdsourcing.