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Common knowledge? : an ethnography of Wikipedia /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Jemielniak, Dariusz (Author)
Corporate Author: ebrary, Inc
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, 2014.
Subjects:
Wikipedia.
Organizational sociology.
Electronic encyclopedias > Social aspects.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Wikipedia in short : numbers, rules, and editors
  • Formal roles and hierarchy : a cabal that rules the world
  • Conflict resolution on Wikipedia : why die for Danzig?
  • Bureaucracy and control : Big Brother is watching
  • Trust in people and trust in procedures : the truth is out there
  • Between anarchy and bureaucracy : Wikimedia governance
  • Leadership transformed : the pros and cons of benevolent dictatorship
  • The knowledge revolution at the gates.