A Historical Perspective on Information Systems: A Tool and Methodology for Studying the Evolution of Social Representations on Wikipedia

Gal, Uri; Riemer, Kai; Chasin, Friedrich

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“…The methodological approach taken in this study was based on the application of Moscovici's (1984) theory of social representations to Wikipedia's KOS. We applied and extended the approach to study wikilinks as elements of social representations developed by Gal and associates (Chasin et al , 2013; Gal et al , 2018). They argue that each “Wikipedia article reflects a social representation” (Gal et al , 2018, p. 716).…”

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“…We applied and extended the approach to study wikilinks as elements of social representations developed by Gal and associates (Chasin et al , 2013; Gal et al , 2018). They argue that each “Wikipedia article reflects a social representation” (Gal et al , 2018, p. 716). Such a construct is expressed not only in language and rhetoric but also with the references to other articles in Wikipedia's knowledge base.…”

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“…Such a construct is expressed not only in language and rhetoric but also with the references to other articles in Wikipedia's knowledge base. Gal et al (2018, p. 716) stress that “anchoring and objectification processes occur in and across Wikipedia articles. One can trace anchoring by examining internal links in one article that point to other articles.” The goal of anchoring is to internalize new concepts by reference to other concepts from a shared conceptual framework.…”

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“…The methodology of Gal and associates is based on the quantitative and qualitative analysis of wikilinks extracted from the definition section of the Wikipedia article. They assumed that this section contains information that pertains to the phenomenon of interest; therefore, links in this first section will most likely anchor the topic (Gal et al , 2018).…”

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“…Data were collected using Wikigen (http://wikigen.org/), an analytical tool developed by Gal et al (Chasin et al , 2013; Gal et al , 2018). This tool offers several metrics that represent both social participation in wikilinks' construction and maintenance and anchor statistics.…”

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COVID-19 and the social organization of knowledge in Wikipedia: a study of social representations

Roszkowski

Włodarczyk

2021

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PurposeThe paper aims to present the development of conceptualization of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) based on associations with other articles on English edition of Wikipedia. The main goal of the paper is to study the social organization of knowledge about COVID-19 within the Wikipedia community of practice.Design/methodology/approachThe methodological approach taken in this study was based on the application of Moscovici's theory of social representations to Wikipedia's knowledge organization system (KOS). Internal links in the Wikipedia article about COVID-19 were considered anchors in its social representations. Each link in the introductory part of the article was considered an indicator of the semantic relationship between COVID-19 and other concepts from Wikipedia's knowledge base. The subject of this study was links extracted from all revisions of the COVID-19 article between February and September 2020. Qualitative and quantitative analyses were performed on these conceptual structures using both synchronic and diachronic approaches.FindingsIt was found that the evolution of anchors in the Wikipedia article on COVID-19 was in line with the mechanism of symbolic coping related to infectious disease. It went through stages of divergence, convergence and normalization. It shows that this mechanism governs the social organization of knowledge related to COVID-19 on Wikipedia.Originality/valueNo studies have been devoted to the image of COVID-19 as presented by the evolution of links in Wikipedia and its implications for knowledge organization (KO).

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Methodology for Designing Analytical Information Systems for Administrative Management

Trofymchuk¹,

Nesterenko²,

Netesin³

2022

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Introduction. In the field of administrative management, the intensity of management activities and the amount of information that needs to be processed for decision-making are constantly growing. In these conditions, the use of new information technologies in the analytical information activities of administrative bodies and the construction of appropriate automated systems is of particular importance.Problem Statement. There is an urgent need for a new approach to solving problems related to the develop ment of analytical information activities and the automation of administrative activities of the authorities. Such an approach should be based on information, consider the modern idea of information as an intellectual product, i.e. knowledge, and as a resource of society, and ensure the complexity of solutions.Purpose. The purpose of this research is to develop a methodology for designing analytical systems based on the integration of concepts, models, methods and information technologies, given the requirements for the comp lexity of solutions.Materials and Methods. The methodology is based on concepts, models, methods, and information technologies, given the requirements for complexity, support for management decisions based on knowledge-oriented tools, their comprehensive information support, support for document processing, information and cybersecurity, as well as the integration of analytical information systems with interoperability.Results. Based on the study, an example of methodology for building a typical information and analytical system of administrative bodies has been proposed. It can be used in the construction of automated systems in various governments, in particular regional government.Conclusions. The theoretical foundation is the regulations for the processing of document flows in the administrative authorities, based on the requirements of the policy of enforcement. The practical significance of the obtained results is the creation of a scientific and methodological framework for building analytical information systems in various areas of administrative management.

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A Historical Perspective on Information Systems: A Tool and Methodology for Studying the Evolution of Social Representations on Wikipedia

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COVID-19 and the social organization of knowledge in Wikipedia: a study of social representations

Methodology for Designing Analytical Information Systems for Administrative Management

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