Wikipedia as Participatory journalism: reliable sources? metrics for evaluating collaborative media as a news resource
In Proceedings of the 5th International Symposium on Online Journalism, page 16--17. (2004)Abstract
Wikipedia is an Internet-based, user contributed encyclopedia that is collaboratively
edited, and utilizes the wiki concept – the idea that any user on the Internet can
change any page within the Web site, even anonymously. Paradoxically, this
seemingly chaotic process has created a highly regarded reference on the Internet.
Wikipedia has emerged as the largest example of participatory journalism to date –
facilitating many-to-many communication among users editing articles, all working
towards maintaining a neutral point of view — Wikipedia’s mantra. This study
examines the growth of Wikipedia and analyzes the crucial technologies and
community policies that have enabled the project to prosper. It also analyzes
Wikipedia’s articles that have been cited in the news media, and establishes a set of
metrics based on established encyclopedia taxonomies and analyzes the trends in
Wikipedia being used as a source.
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