Social construction of knowledge in Wikipedia

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“This paper investigates how knowledge is constructed collaboratively in a crowd-sourced environment. More specifically, the study presented in this paper empirically analyzes online discussions in regard to Wikipedia entries on the Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant Disaster that occurred in March 2011 in Japan. For this study, we examined the encyclopedia articles in both the English and Japanese versions of Wikipedia. The findings indicate similarities and differences between the two language versions. The implications of the study for collaborative knowledge production are also discussed.”

URL : http://dx.doi.org/10.5210/fm.v20i6.5869

E-books: Histories, trajectories, futures

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“This essay traces the historical trajectory of e-books in the U.S. and imagines their possible futures. Legal, economic, and technical developments that led to contemporary e-books reveal a tension between commercial and non-commercial programming. Commercial e-book designs control end uses, reduce production and distribution costs, stimulate consumption, and monitor user behaviors; however, alternative producers and users on the periphery continue to challenge these centralizing tendencies.”

URL : http://dx.doi.org/10.5210/fm.v20i6.5641

Presse et numérique – L’invention d’un nouvel écosystème

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“La presse écrite et l’édition numérique d’information sont au coeur de la mutation des moyens de communication. Le rapport dresse un panorama du nouveau paysage de la presse, analyse les nouveaux métiers de la presse, présente les nouveaux acteurs (informaticiens, codeurs, graphistes, designers, spécialistes du Data…) et propose un état des lieux du secteur pour permettre aux acteurs politiques de mieux cibler leurs interventions.”

URL : http://www.ladocumentationfrancaise.fr/rapports-publics/154000368-presse-et-numerique-l-invention-d-un-nouvel-ecosysteme