Wikipedia as a New Media Institution: Issues of Diversity, Regulation and Sustainability in an Open Encyclopedia

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Wikipedia as a New Media Institution: Issues of Diversity, Regulation and Sustainability in an Open Encyclopedia
Authors
Kim Osman
Publication date
2013
DOI
10.1145/2491055.2491087
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Wikipedia as a New Media Institution: Issues of Diversity, Regulation and Sustainability in an Open Encyclopedia - scientific work related to Wikipedia quality published in 2013, written by Kim Osman.

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Wikipedia is an important institution and part of the new media landscape having evolved from the collaborative efforts of millions of distributed users. However it appears to be facing the danger that it has become so rule-bound and entrenched in its processes that it has become increasingly difficult to respond reflexively to change. Evidently it is also facing challenges in creating a culture that attracts and retains new editors to ensure its viability as an open and collaboratively produced encyclopaedia. This research aims to bring together existing scholarship on Wikipedia as a successful open community together with more critical accounts of diversity in open communities. It will examine how the issues that have been highlighted by conflict within the community have shaped the evolution of Wikipedia from an open wiki experiment to a global knowledge producer. It also aims to develop new theories to account for change in the new media landscape by bringing together the concepts of interpretive flexibility and generative friction with existing theories on the evolution of institutions. Finally, the research will present possible futures for Wikipedia as part of not only the larger Wikimedia movement, but of an open and accessible web.

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Osman, Kim. (2013). "[[Wikipedia as a New Media Institution: Issues of Diversity, Regulation and Sustainability in an Open Encyclopedia]]".DOI: 10.1145/2491055.2491087.

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Osman, Kim. (2013). &quot;<a href="https://wikipediaquality.com/wiki/Wikipedia_as_a_New_Media_Institution:_Issues_of_Diversity,_Regulation_and_Sustainability_in_an_Open_Encyclopedia">Wikipedia as a New Media Institution: Issues of Diversity, Regulation and Sustainability in an Open Encyclopedia</a>&quot;.DOI: 10.1145/2491055.2491087.