From printed to "wikified" encyclopedias: sociological aspects of an incipient cultural revolution

Arbeitspapier | Working paper

1. Introductory remarks; 2. The new "asymmetric competition" between open source networks and conventional bureaucratic organizations; 3. The Wikipedia as an encyclopedic project; 4. “Wikis” as tools for focused and cumulative intellectual productions; 5. Six Dimensions of WP growth and evolution; 5.1 Worldwide multilingual diffusion; 5.2 Staff expansion; 5.3 Diversification; 5.4 Elaboration; 5.5. Increases in internal cohesion; 5.6. External Embedment; 6. On the potentials and limits of wiki-based open source encyclopedias: some preliminary conclusions after six years of experience; 6.1 Free self-recruitment of collaborators; 6.2 Extensive and efficient exploitation of intrinsic motivations; 6.3 Low needs for capital and organization; 6.4 Multicultural segmentation; 6.5 Flexible polymorphic organization; 6.6 Community embedment; 6.7 Keeping pace with current events and discoveries; 6.8 Changing usage patterns and user roles; 6.9 Public visibility of production processes and resilient adaptation; 5.10 Unguided incrementalism and unplanned “memetic evolution”; 6.11 "WP-Notability" as a new digital divide; 7. Conclusive remarks; References

Angaben zum Objekt

• Umfang: Seite(n): 73
• Sprache: Englisch

Klassifikation und Themen

• Thema: Publizistische Medien, Journalismus,Verlagswesen ; Soziologie, Anthropologie ; Wissenssoziologie ; interaktive, elektronische Medien ; Kulturwandel ; Wissensproduktion ; computervermittelte Kommunikation ; Wikipedia ; Partizipation ; Netzwerk ; Wissen ; elektronische Medien

Beteiligte, Orts- und Zeitangaben

• Ereignis: Geistige Schöpfung
• (wer): Geser, Hans
• Ereignis: Veröffentlichung
• (wer): Universität Zürich, Philosophische Fakultät, Soziologisches Institut
• (wo): Schweiz, Zürich
• (wann): 2007

Weitere Informationen

• URN: urn:nbn:de:0168-ssoar-334256
• Rechteinformation: GESIS - Leibniz-Institut für Sozialwissenschaften. Bibliothek Köln
• Letzte Aktualisierung: 21.06.2024, 16:27 MESZ