Viquipèdia i ciencia: conflicte o benefici mutu?
Abstract
Wikipedia is currently the sixth most visited website in the Internet. What is not so well known is that, among other things, it has also become the main channel for the public communication of science. This paper presents two research projects that attempt to explore the interactions between science and academia, on the one hand, and Wikipedia, on the other, as a paradigm of the so-called peer production. The first project, already completed, examines the perceptions and practices of university faculty members on Wikipedia. The second, still ongoing, analyzes the science & technology content in Wikipedia in order to see how the non-expert character of its editors shapes the way science and technology issues are presented and treated in its articles.
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