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Wikipedia and the Representation of Reality

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Wikipedia and the Representation of Reality
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Publisher: Routledge
ISBN-13: 9781003094081
Number of pages: 140

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This book is 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.

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