Essays about: "wikipedia editors"
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1. Climate Change on the English Wikipedia
University essay from Högskolan i Borås/Akademin för bibliotek, information, pedagogik och ITAbstract : Climate change is one of the greatest threats to humanity, and yet society is unable to agree on its existence, causes and mitigation actions. This controversy in society manifests in all areas of public life including online channels. READ MORE
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2. THE LINGUISTIC STRUCTURE OF WIKIPEDIA A multilingual analysis and comparison of the language used in Wikipedia articles
University essay from Göteborgs universitet / Institutionen för filosofi, lingvistik och vetenskapsteoriAbstract : Wikipedia is a great source of knowledge, but due to its open-collaboration nature, it presents some limitations. Namely, the uneven distribution of content, the low overlap in topic coverage, the differences in the comprehensiveness of articles, and the low number of editors. READ MORE
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3. Digital Communication and Interactive Storytelling in Wikipedia : A Study of Greek Users’ Interaction and Experience
University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för kulturvetenskaper (KV)Abstract : Wikipedia consists of an online encyclopedia created by users worldwide who collaborate to distribute knowledge and edit information in real-time. Although Wikipedia's accuracy has been a disputable and debatable issue in many recent studies, little academic research has systematically addressed how users interact with the platform's storytelling tools and how do they perceive and use Wikipedia's infrastructure, such as interactive tools. READ MORE
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4. The never ever perfect encyclopedia : an ethnographic analysis of participation in Wikipedia
University essay from Lunds universitet/Medie- och kommunikationsvetenskapAbstract : Wikipedia represents ‘the sum of all human knowledge’ and is becoming the authoritative source on the Internet. As a collective work, how exactly are articles created by editors? The aim of the study is to seek the answer by use of participation theory. READ MORE
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5. The Swedish Wikipedia Gender Gap
University essay from KTH/Medieteknik och interaktionsdesign, MIDAbstract : The proportion of women editors on the English language Wikipedia has for years been known to be very low. The purpose of this thesis is to see if this gender gap exists on the Swedish language Wikipedia as well, and investigate the reasons behind it. To do this, three methods are used. READ MORE