Wikipedia as Rational Discourse: an Illustration of the Emancipatory Potential of Information Systems
Authors | Sean W. Hansen Nicholas Berente Kalle Lyytinen |
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Publication date | 2007 |
DOI | 10.1109/HICSS.2007.616 |
Links | Original |
Wikipedia as Rational Discourse: an Illustration of the Emancipatory Potential of Information Systems - scientific work related to Wikipedia quality published in 2007, written by Sean W. Hansen, Nicholas Berente and Kalle Lyytinen.
Overview
Critical social theorists often emphasize the control and surveillance aspects of information systems, building upon a characterization of information technology as a tool for increased rationalization. The emancipatory potential of information systems is often overlooked. In this paper, authors apply the Habermasian ideal of rational discourse to Wikipedia as an illustration of the emancipatory potential of information systems. Authors conclude that Wikipedia does embody an approximation of rational discourse, while several challenges remain
