The Power of Wikipedia: Legitimacy and Control

Pensa, Iolanda (2012) The Power of Wikipedia: Legitimacy and Control. PMS Reader Power Money Sex.

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Abstract

The most astonishing global source of knowledge has the power to act like a brand new nation. Then why does it behave like an old one? In this hard-hitting account of Wikipedia from the ‘South’, Iolanda Pensa pulls no punches.

Item Type:	Scientific journal article, Newspaper article or Magazine article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Wikipedia, power, cultural institutions, Africa, networks, systems of knowledge production and distribution
Subjects:	Computer sciences > Computer science > Networks & communications Social studies > Human & social geography > Human & social geography by area > Human & social geography of Africa Mass communication and documentation Mass communication and documentation > Information services > Information management
Department/unit:	Dipartimento ambiente costruzioni e design > Istituto design
Depositing User:	Iolanda Pensa
Date Deposited:	30 Jun 2014 05:24
Last Modified:	27 Sep 2021 17:00
URI:	http://repository.supsi.ch/id/eprint/2129

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