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| + | | title = Platform Affordances and Data Practices: the Value of Dispute on Wikipedia | ||
| + | | date = 2016 | ||
| + | | authors = [[Esther Weltevrede]]<br />[[Erik Borra]] | ||
| + | | doi = 10.1177/2053951716653418 | ||
| + | | link = http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/2053951716653418 | ||
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'''Platform Affordances and Data Practices: the Value of Dispute on Wikipedia''' - scientific work related to [[Wikipedia quality]] published in 2016, written by [[Esther Weltevrede]] and [[Erik Borra]]. | '''Platform Affordances and Data Practices: the Value of Dispute on Wikipedia''' - scientific work related to [[Wikipedia quality]] published in 2016, written by [[Esther Weltevrede]] and [[Erik Borra]]. | ||
== Overview == | == Overview == | ||
In this paper authors introduce the device perspective as a methodological contribution to platform studies. Through an engagement with debates about the notion of affordances, which focus on the relation between the technical and the social, authors put forward an approach to study the production of data within platforms by engaging with the material properties of platforms as well as their interpretation and deployment by various types of users. As a case in point, authors study how the affordances of [[Wikipedia]] are deployed in the production of encyclopedic knowledge and how this can be used to study controversies. The analysis shows how Wikipedia affords unstable encyclopedic knowledge by having mechanisms in place that suggest the continuous (re)negotiation of existing knowledge. Authors furthermore showcase the use of [[open-source]] software, Contropedia, which can be utilized to study knowledge production on Wikipedia. | In this paper authors introduce the device perspective as a methodological contribution to platform studies. Through an engagement with debates about the notion of affordances, which focus on the relation between the technical and the social, authors put forward an approach to study the production of data within platforms by engaging with the material properties of platforms as well as their interpretation and deployment by various types of users. As a case in point, authors study how the affordances of [[Wikipedia]] are deployed in the production of encyclopedic knowledge and how this can be used to study controversies. The analysis shows how Wikipedia affords unstable encyclopedic knowledge by having mechanisms in place that suggest the continuous (re)negotiation of existing knowledge. Authors furthermore showcase the use of [[open-source]] software, Contropedia, which can be utilized to study knowledge production on Wikipedia. | ||
Revision as of 08:12, 10 January 2020
Authors | Esther Weltevrede Erik Borra |
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Publication date | 2016 |
DOI | 10.1177/2053951716653418 |
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Platform Affordances and Data Practices: the Value of Dispute on Wikipedia - scientific work related to Wikipedia quality published in 2016, written by Esther Weltevrede and Erik Borra.
Overview
In this paper authors introduce the device perspective as a methodological contribution to platform studies. Through an engagement with debates about the notion of affordances, which focus on the relation between the technical and the social, authors put forward an approach to study the production of data within platforms by engaging with the material properties of platforms as well as their interpretation and deployment by various types of users. As a case in point, authors study how the affordances of Wikipedia are deployed in the production of encyclopedic knowledge and how this can be used to study controversies. The analysis shows how Wikipedia affords unstable encyclopedic knowledge by having mechanisms in place that suggest the continuous (re)negotiation of existing knowledge. Authors furthermore showcase the use of open-source software, Contropedia, which can be utilized to study knowledge production on Wikipedia.
