Global Wikipedia : international and cross-cultural issues in online collaboration /
Global Wikipedia : international and cross-cultural issues in online collaboration /
edited by Pnina Fichman and Noriko Hara.
- xi, 166 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Immaterial editors: bots and bot policies across global Wikipedia / The most controversial topics in Wikipedia: a multilingual and geographical analysis / Our news, their events? A comparison of archived current events on English and Greek Wikipedias / Crosslinguistic neutrality: Wikipedia's neutral points of view from a global perspective / Gender gap in Wikipedia editing: a cross language comparison / Knowledge sharing on Wikimedia embassies / Constructing local heroes: collaborative narratives of Finnish corporations in Wikipedia / The copycat of Wikipedia in China / Contributing to Wikipedia: a question of gender / Randall Livingstone -- Taha Yasseri [and others] -- Jahna Otterbacher -- Ewa Callahan -- Paolo Massa and Asta Zelenkauskaite -- Pnina Fichman and Noriko Hara -- Salla-Maaria Laaksonen and Merja Porttikivi -- Gehao Zhang --
Dozens of books about Wikipedia are available, but they all focus on the English Wikipedia and assume an Anglo-Saxon perspective, while disregarding cultural and language variability or multi-cultural collaborative efforts. They address the impact of Wikipedia on society, processes of mass knowledge production, and the dynamics of the Wikipedia community. However, none of them focus on Wikipedia's global features. This lack of attention presents a serious problem because more than 80% of Wikipedia articles are written in languages other than English--in fact, Wikipedia includes articles in 285 languages. Global Wikipedia: International and Cross-Cultural Issues in Online Collaboration is the first book to address this gap by focusing attention on the global, multilingual, and multicultural aspects of Wikipedia. The editors showcase research on Wikipedia, exploring a wide range of international and cross-cultural issues. Online global collaboration, coordination, and conflict management are examined in this rich socio technical environment. Special emphases include *International and cross-cultural collaboration; *Intercultural synergy on Wikimedia; *Conflict and collaboration in editing international entries; *Case studies of [X, Y, Z] language, with special interest in small and medium size Wikipedias; and, *Cross-cultural studies that compare more than one Wikipedia, focusing on content, structures, policies, contributions, interactions, processes, motivations, and challenges.
9780810891012 0810891018
40023903784
2014003495
Wikipedia.
Wikipedia
Wikipedia.
User-generated content--Cross-cultural studies.
Electronic encyclopedias--Cross-cultural studies.
Multilingualism--Data processing.
Language and culture--Data processing.
User Generated Content
Mehrsprachigkeit
Kooperation
Electronic encyclopedias.
User-generated content.
Cross-cultural studies.
Cross-cultural studies.
ZA4482 / .G56 2014
030
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Immaterial editors: bots and bot policies across global Wikipedia / The most controversial topics in Wikipedia: a multilingual and geographical analysis / Our news, their events? A comparison of archived current events on English and Greek Wikipedias / Crosslinguistic neutrality: Wikipedia's neutral points of view from a global perspective / Gender gap in Wikipedia editing: a cross language comparison / Knowledge sharing on Wikimedia embassies / Constructing local heroes: collaborative narratives of Finnish corporations in Wikipedia / The copycat of Wikipedia in China / Contributing to Wikipedia: a question of gender / Randall Livingstone -- Taha Yasseri [and others] -- Jahna Otterbacher -- Ewa Callahan -- Paolo Massa and Asta Zelenkauskaite -- Pnina Fichman and Noriko Hara -- Salla-Maaria Laaksonen and Merja Porttikivi -- Gehao Zhang --
Dozens of books about Wikipedia are available, but they all focus on the English Wikipedia and assume an Anglo-Saxon perspective, while disregarding cultural and language variability or multi-cultural collaborative efforts. They address the impact of Wikipedia on society, processes of mass knowledge production, and the dynamics of the Wikipedia community. However, none of them focus on Wikipedia's global features. This lack of attention presents a serious problem because more than 80% of Wikipedia articles are written in languages other than English--in fact, Wikipedia includes articles in 285 languages. Global Wikipedia: International and Cross-Cultural Issues in Online Collaboration is the first book to address this gap by focusing attention on the global, multilingual, and multicultural aspects of Wikipedia. The editors showcase research on Wikipedia, exploring a wide range of international and cross-cultural issues. Online global collaboration, coordination, and conflict management are examined in this rich socio technical environment. Special emphases include *International and cross-cultural collaboration; *Intercultural synergy on Wikimedia; *Conflict and collaboration in editing international entries; *Case studies of [X, Y, Z] language, with special interest in small and medium size Wikipedias; and, *Cross-cultural studies that compare more than one Wikipedia, focusing on content, structures, policies, contributions, interactions, processes, motivations, and challenges.
9780810891012 0810891018
40023903784
2014003495
Wikipedia.
Wikipedia
Wikipedia.
User-generated content--Cross-cultural studies.
Electronic encyclopedias--Cross-cultural studies.
Multilingualism--Data processing.
Language and culture--Data processing.
User Generated Content
Mehrsprachigkeit
Kooperation
Electronic encyclopedias.
User-generated content.
Cross-cultural studies.
Cross-cultural studies.
ZA4482 / .G56 2014
030