Identity-Based Motivation in Digital Engagement: the Influence of Community and Cultural Identity on Participation in Wikipedia

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Identity-Based Motivation in Digital Engagement: the Influence of Community and Cultural Identity on Participation in Wikipedia
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Marc Miquel Ribé
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2017
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Identity-Based Motivation in Digital Engagement: the Influence of Community and Cultural Identity on Participation in Wikipedia - scientific work related to Wikipedia quality published in 2017, written by Marc Miquel Ribé.

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Internet i la tecnologia mobil s'han consolidat com una esfera publica de la vida, on l'exit sovint s'equipara a la participacio. En aquesta tesi s'estudia la influencia d’una motivacio basada en la identitat en la participacio, amb un enfocament especial en Viquipedia, on les identitats son fonamentals per entendre la comunitat i la diversitat de tematica dels continguts. Per mitja de l’analisi de dades es descobreix que els editors desenvolupen una identitat de comunitat i creen contingut que representa les seves identitats culturals. Aquest contingut ocupa al voltant d'una quarta part (en nombre d'articles) de cada Viquipedia, i mes tenint en compte les d'edicions. Quan els editors augmenten la participacio o esdevenen administradors, segueixen preferint continguts impregnats de significats basats en la identitat cultural, la qual cosa indica una posicio central d’aquesta identitat. Finalment, es destaquen estrategies per fomentar la participacio i l'enriquiment intercultural entre versions linguistiques de Viquipedia. The Internet and mobile technology have consolidated as a public sphere of life, where success is often equated to engagement. In this thesis, Author study the influence of identity-based motivation on digital engagement, with a special focus on the collaborative encyclopaedia Wikipedia, in which identities are fundamental to understand community dynamics and content diversity. By analysing data from 15 language editions, Author find that editors develop a community identity in Wikipedia and at the same time they consistently create content representing their cultural identities. Such content occupies around a quarter of each Wikipedia in number of articles, and even more in terms of edits. When editors increase their participation or become administrators, they still prefer editing content imbued with identity-based meanings, which suggests their centrality in the editing process. Finally, in line with these findings, Author highlight strategies to foster editor participation and increase cross-cultural enrichment across Wikipedia language editions.

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Ribé, Marc Miquel. (2017). "[[Identity-Based Motivation in Digital Engagement: the Influence of Community and Cultural Identity on Participation in Wikipedia]]". Universitat Pompeu Fabra.

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Ribé, Marc Miquel. (2017). &quot;<a href="https://wikipediaquality.com/wiki/Identity-Based_Motivation_in_Digital_Engagement:_the_Influence_of_Community_and_Cultural_Identity_on_Participation_in_Wikipedia">Identity-Based Motivation in Digital Engagement: the Influence of Community and Cultural Identity on Participation in Wikipedia</a>&quot;. Universitat Pompeu Fabra.