Common Knowledge?: An Ethnography of Wikipedia

By Dariusz Jemielniak

Book Overview

The first ethnography of Wikipedia's organization, governance, and power structure, Common Knowledge argues that many criticisms of Wikipedia have been rooted in misconceptions, spread by outsiders who overlook its true strengths and weaknesses. This book examines how Wikipedia does and does not work from the inside out.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0804797234
• ISBN13: 9780804797238
• Release Date: May 2014
• Publisher: Stanford University Press
• Length: 312 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 8.9"