Global Wikipedia: International and Cross-Cultural Issues in Online Collaboration

by Noriko Hara and Pnina Fichman

More than 80% of Wikipedia articles are written in languages other than English---in fact, Wikipedia includes articles in 285 languages, and yet there is a lack of scholarship on the global features of Wikipedia. Global Wikipedia: International and Cross-Cultural Issues in Online Collaboration is the first book to address this gap by focusing attention on the global, multilingual, and multicultural aspects of Wikipedia. The editors showcase research...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0810891018
• ISBN13: 9780810891012
• Release Date: May 2014
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Length: 178 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.0"