Good Faith Collaboration: The Culture of Wikipedia

by Joseph Michael Reagle Jr.

Book Overview

How Wikipedia collaboration addresses the challenges of openness, consensus, and leadership in a historical pursuit for a universal encyclopedia.

Wikipedia, the online encyclopedia, is built by a community--a community of Wikipedians who are expected to "assume good faith" when interacting with one another. In Good Faith Collaboration, Joseph Reagle examines this unique collaborative culture.

Wikipedia, says Reagle, is...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0262518201
• ISBN13: 9780262518208
• Release Date: January 2012
• Publisher: MIT Press
• Length: 244 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.8" x 8.8"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher