Title
Common knowledge? [electronic resource] : an ethnography of Wikipedia / Dariusz Jemielniak.
ISBN
9780804791205 (electronic book)
9780804789448
Published
Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, 2014.
Copyright
©2014
Language
English
Description
1 online resource (xvi, 293 pages)
Call Number
AE100 .J46 2014eb
Dewey Decimal Classification
030
Summary
This study describes the results of a six-year ethnographic research project on Wikipedia. It explains how Wikipedia's theoretically ahierarchical system may increase Wikipedians' perception of inequality in practice and how hierarchy is enacted through community elections. Although Wikipedia is sometimes portrayed as collaborative and peaceful, it often breaks into conflicts and disputes. The book describes how the gradual increase in editing participation determines its attractiveness, addictiveness, and, ultimately, its level of conflict.
Note
This study describes the results of a six-year ethnographic research project on Wikipedia. It explains how Wikipedia's theoretically ahierarchical system may increase Wikipedians' perception of inequality in practice and how hierarchy is enacted through community elections. Although Wikipedia is sometimes portrayed as collaborative and peaceful, it often breaks into conflicts and disputes. The book describes how the gradual increase in editing participation determines its attractiveness, addictiveness, and, ultimately, its level of conflict.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Access Note
Access limited to authorized users.
Source of Description
Description based on print version record.
Wikipedia in short : numbers, rules, and editors
Formal roles and hierarchy : a cabal that rules the world
Conflict resolution on Wikipedia : why die for Danzig?
Bureaucracy and control : Big Brother is watching
Trust in people and trust in procedures : the truth is out there
Between anarchy and bureaucracy : Wikimedia governance
Leadership transformed : the pros and cons of benevolent dictatorship
The knowledge revolution at the gates.
