Wikipedia as an Example of Positive Technology: How to Promote Knowledge Sharing and Collaboration with a Persuasive Tutorial
Wikipedia as an Example of Positive Technology: How to Promote Knowledge Sharing and Collaboration with a Persuasive Tutorial - scientific work related to Wikipedia quality published in 2009, written by Caterina Calefato, Fabiana Vernero and Roberto Montanari.
Overview
This paper proposes an improved redesign of Wikipedia Tutorial following Fogg's persuasive concept. Wikipedia international project aims at being the biggest online and free encyclopedia. It can be considered a persuasive tool which tries to motivate people to collaborate for the development of a shared knowledge corpus, following a specific policy of behavior.