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A contemporary examination of what information is represented, how that information is presented, and who gets to participate (and serve as gatekeeper) in the world's largest online repository for information, Wikipedia. Bridging contemporary education research that addresses the 'experiential epistemology' of learning to use Wikipedia with an understanding of how the inception and design of the platform assists this, the book explores the complex disconnect between the encyclopedia's formalized policy and the often unspoken norms that govern its knowledge-making processes. At times both laudatory and critical, this book illustrates Wikipedia's struggle to combat systemic biases and lack of representation of marginalized topics as it becomes the standard bearer for equitable and accessible representation of reality in an age of digital disinformation and fake news. Being an important and timely contribution to the field of media and communication studies, this book will appeal to academics and researchers interested in digital disinformation, information literacy, and representation on the Internet, as well as students studying these topics.

Wikipedia. --- Media studies

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"À l’heure où Wikipédia est entrée dans sa deuxième décennie et où les générations nées après les années 2000 n’auront pas connu d'avant Wikipédia, cet ouvrage propose de revenir sur l’œuvre qui est parvenue à dépoussiérer la norme et les usages bien pensés d’une tradition séculaire. Désormais, il est indéniable que l’avènement de Wikipédia a permis de franchir un cap vers une ère nouvelle où la connaissance et l’information ne s’écrivent plus exclusivement entre experts mais par le concours de rédacteurs bénévoles. Bouleversante, Wikipédia a osé modifier notre façon de rechercher la connaissance et, plus généralement, notre rapport au savoir. Mais sait-on vraiment ce qui se cache derrière un principe en apparence simple, celui d’une encyclopédie publiée sous licence libre et gratuite ? D’où nous vient ce concept hors norme ? Quels sont les fondements qui le régissent ? Comment s’organisent ses activités ? À quels rôles et quels moyens peut-on prétendre en rejoignant la communauté des wikipédiens ? Pensé comme un guide, cet ouvrage propose de revenir sur cette formule pionnière pour en offrir une description détaillée et un décryptage précis. Une entreprise indépendante dont l’unique but est d’aider le lecteur à appréhender un outil déjà bien installé dans les habitudes d’un grand nombre d’entre nous et qui façonne au quotidien notre information et notre connaissance du monde."

Electronic encyclopedias --- Digital media --- Encyclopédies électroniques --- Médias numériques --- Wikipedia --- Wikipedia.

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In 2021, the American Historical Association published a study on how the American public perceives and understands the past. Almost half of the respondents argued that they turn to Wikipedia to learn about history and acquire a historical understanding of the past. Wikipedia was ranked higher than other historical activities, such as “Historic site visit,” “Museum visit,” “Genealogy work,” “Social media,” “Podcast/radio program,” “History lecture,” and “History-related video game.” These findings combined with the appropriation of Wikipedia’s corpus by ChatGPT and Wikipedia’s partnership with the most central search engine in the digital world, Google, and other digital assistants, such as Siri and Alexa, make clear how crucial the role of Wikipedia in how the public learns about history and makes sense of the past is. But how is historical knowledge produced on Wikipedia? How do Wikipedia editors engage with historical events of the past and transform the past into historical knowledge? Why do they decide to contribute to the production of history? By placing Wikipedia editors at the center of research inquiry and using multiple methodologies and different kinds of data, this book explores how historical knowledge is produced in one of the most central digital communities of knowledge, Wikipedia.

Digital history. --- Public history. --- Wikipedia.

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Businesspeople --- Electronic encyclopedias --- Wales, Jimmy --- Wikipedia

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BR Staff Publications [b] (paper in not reviewed journal) --- Wikipedia