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Author Ford, Heather, author.

Title Writing the revolution : Wikipedia and the survival of facts in the digital age / Heather Ford ; foreword by Ethan Zuckerman.

Publication Info. Cambridge, Massachusetts : The MIT Press, [2022]
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 Avon Free Public Library - Adult Department  030 FORD    Check Shelf
 Glastonbury, Welles-Turner Memorial Library - Adult Department  030 FORD    Check Shelf
 Newington, Lucy Robbins Welles Library - Adult Department  030 FORD    Check Shelf
Description xviii, 161 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 145-155) and index.
Contents Wikipedia matters -- Genesis -- Eruption -- Escalation -- Surge -- Translation -- Towards peoples' histories.
Summary "Looks at how knowledge or "facts" are produced and distributed by Wikipedia, from a primarily male, North American/European perspective."--Provided by publisher.
Subject Wikipedia.
Egypt -- History -- Protests, 2011-2013 -- Miscellanea.
Wikipedia -- Authorship.
Truthfulness and falsehood.
Semantic Web.
Google (Firm) -- Influence.
Electronic encyclopedias -- Cross-cultural studies.
Knowledge, Sociology of -- Case studies.
REFERENCE / Encyclopedias.
Wikipedia. (OCoLC)fst01795979
Authorship. (OCoLC)fst00822442
Electronic encyclopedias. (OCoLC)fst00907189
Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.) (OCoLC)fst00972484
Knowledge, Sociology of. (OCoLC)fst00988190
Semantic Web. (OCoLC)fst01112076
Truthfulness and falsehood. (OCoLC)fst01158255
Protests (Egypt : 2011-2013) (OCoLC)fst01907519
Genre/Form Case studies. (OCoLC)fst01423765
Cross-cultural studies. (OCoLC)fst01423769
History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
Added Author Zuckerman, Ethan, writer of foreword.
ISBN 0262046296 (paperback)
9780262046299 (paperback)
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