What Do Chinese-Language Microblog Users Do with Baidu Baike and Chinese Wikipedia? a Case Study of Information Engagement

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What Do Chinese-Language Microblog Users Do with Baidu Baike and Chinese Wikipedia? a Case Study of Information Engagement
Authors
Han-Teng Liao
Publication date
2014
DOI
10.1145/2641580.2641611
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What Do Chinese-Language Microblog Users Do with Baidu Baike and Chinese Wikipedia? a Case Study of Information Engagement - scientific work related to Wikipedia quality published in 2014, written by Han-Teng Liao.

Overview

This paper presents a case study of information engagement based on microblog posts gathered from Sina Weibo and Twitter that mentioned the two major Chinese-language user-generated encyclopaedias. The content analysis shows that microblog users not only engaged in public discussions by using and citing both encyclopaedias, but also shared their perceptions and experiences more generally with various online platforms and China's filtering/censorship regime to which user-generated content and activities are subjected. This exploratory study thus raises several research and practice questions on the links between public discussions and information engagement on user-generated platforms.