International Journal of Information Engineering and Electronic Business (IJIEEB)
IJIEEB Vol. 7, No. 5, 8 Sep. 2015
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A Case of Mobile App Reviews as a Crowdsource
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App reviews, Crowdsourcing, crowd capital, user experience, m-business
Abstract
Crowdsourcing is a famous technique to get innovative ideas and soliciting contribution from a large online community particularly in e-business. This technique is contributing towards changing the current business techniques and practices. It is also equally famous in analysis and design of m-business services. Mobile app stores are providing an opportunity for its users' to participate and contribute in the growth of mobile app market. App reviews given by users usually contain active, heterogeneous and real life user experience of mobile app which can be useful to improve the quality of app. Best to our knowledge, the strength of mobile app reviews as a crowdsource is not fully recognized and understood by the community yet. In this paper, we have analysed a crowdsourcing reference model to find out which features of crowdsource are present and are related to our case of mobile app reviews as a crowdsource. We have analyzed and discussed each construct of the reference model from the perspective of mobile app reviews. Moreover, app reviews as a crowdsourcing technique is discussed by utilizing the four pillars of the reference model: the crowd, the crowdsourcer, the crowdsourcing, and the crowdsourcing platform. We have also identified and partially validated certain constructs of the model and highlighted the significance of app reviews as a crowdsource based on existing literature. In this study, only one crowdsourcing reference model is used which can be a limitation of our study. The study can be further investigated and compared with other crowdsourcing reference models to get better insights of app reviews as a crowdsource. We believe that the understanding of app reviews as a crowdsourcing technique can lead to the further development of the mobile app market and can open further research opportunities.
Cite This Paper
Mubasher Khalid, Usman Shehzaib, Muhammad Asif, "A Case of Mobile App Reviews as a Crowdsource", International Journal of Information Engineering and Electronic Business(IJIEEB), vol.7, no.5, pp.39-47, 2015. DOI:10.5815/ijieeb.2015.05.06
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