Good Faith Collaboration: The Culture of Wikipedia
by Joseph M. Reagle
Publisher: The MIT Press 2010
ISBN/ASIN: 0262014475
ISBN-13: 9780262014472
Number of pages: 261
Description:
Despite the social unease over its implications for individual autonomy, institutional authority, and the character (and quality) of cultural products, Wikipedia's good-faith collaborative culture has brought us closer than ever to a realization of the century-old pursuit of a universal encyclopedia.
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