How Can Wikipedia Save Us all?: Assuming Good Faith from all Points of View in the Age of Fake News and Post-truth

Sant, Toni

doi:10.1108/978-1-80043-906-120211010

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“…The benefits (and limits) of technology in allowing people to participate in social activities including work and leisure were commented on extensively in our media data. The potential advantages of collective connections through platforms that offered virtual spaces for collective social activities (e.g., Gather) were compared with the intensity of one-to-one connections (e.g., via Zoom) ( 88 ). Despite the possibilities for collective telepresence experiences offered by a range of software, such as watching films and listening to music in remote groups, fears about the “dystopian” possibilities of a more permanent move to online life were common ( 89 ).…”

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“…The provision of mobile phone and data packages to homeless people post-pandemic had become part of the charitable offer previously confined to shelter and food ( 101 ). Families reported as struggling during lockdown were able to connected via online games ( 102 ) and charities demanded internet access for older people as a “lifeline” ( 88 ). Actions to address digital inclusion were recommended by the Tackling Loneliness Network including improving access to devices and data ( 99 ).…”

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What kind of a problem is loneliness? Representations of connectedness and participation from a study of telepresence technologies in the UK

Hughes,

Moore,

Hennessy

et al. 2024

Front. Digit. Health

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Loneliness is represented in UK policy as a public health problem with consequences in terms of individual suffering, population burden and service use. However, loneliness is historically and culturally produced; manifestations of loneliness and social isolation also require social and cultural analysis. We explored meanings of loneliness and social isolation in the UK 2020–2022 and considered what the solutions of telepresence technologies reveal about the problems they are used to address. Through qualitative methods we traced the introduction and use of two telepresence technologies and representations of these, and other technologies, in policy and UK media. Our dataset comprises interviews, fieldnotes, policy documents, grey literature and newspaper articles. We found loneliness was represented as a problem of individual human connection and of collective participation in social life, with technology understood as having the potential to enhance and inhibit connections and participation. Technologically-mediated connections were frequently perceived as inferior to in-person contact, particularly in light of the enforced social isolation of the COVID-19 pandemic. We argue that addressing loneliness requires attending to other, related, health and social problems and introducing technological solutions requires integration into the complex social and organisational dynamics that shape technology adoption. We conclude that loneliness is primarily understood as a painful lack of co-presence, no longer regarded as simply a subjective experience, but as a social and policy problem demanding resolution.

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What kind of a problem is loneliness? Representations of connectedness and participation from a study of telepresence technologies in the UK

Hughes,

Moore,

Hennessy

et al. 2024

Front. Digit. Health

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“…Despite all the above, Konieczny (2021) assures that this crisis of confidence is progressively diminishing. Other experts emphasize the encyclopaedia's efforts to reinforce its trustworthiness, such as the fight against vandalism to avoid article editing wars by varied interests (Zazo et al, 2015;Sant, 2021); the composition of the Arbitration Committee (ArbCom) that watches over defending the truth on the platform (Armstrong, 2018); the creation of a register of hoaxes, false information, hoaxes that are published on Wikipedia, a decalogue to combat disinformation (Martínez, 2021); or the peer reviews that some of its most read articles have undergone to demonstrate that they do not contain more errors than those found, for example, in scientific journals (Quian, 2021).…”

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The role of Wikipedia in the dissemination of new knowledge: Analysis of the entry «desinformación» as a changeable concept

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Herrero-Diz

2022

Communication & Society

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The main goal of Wikipedia’s founders, Jimmy Wales and Larry Sanger, was to create a collaborative encyclopaedia driven by the users of the internet who, on a nonprofit basis, would compile and share all human wisdom and knowledge. In times of crisis, such as the coronavirus pandemic, Wikipedia has emerged as a reference point for users around the world. In this vein, Wikipedia once again highlighted its cultural role in the production of available knowledge in the face of new knowledge. Therefore, the main objective of this study is to analyse the specific entry of desinformación –disinformation in English– in the Spanish version of Wikipedia, given the importance that this concept has acquired during the coronavirus crisis and given the need to disseminate a homogeneous definition of this term. For that purpose, we have applied the content analysis method to a textual case, that is, to the disinformation entry in Wikipedia. The main results show that the basic characteristics of the Spanish entry of desinformación on Wikipedia are not the suitable ones to inform users or readers of the real meaning of this concept. Furthermore, the content of the Wikipedia disinformation entry is incomplete, disjointed and of dubious reliability. Therefore, this research advocates the creation of a homogeneous definition that permeates the common imaginary and that is the result of a combination of experts’ opinions and the definitions proposed by institutions, governments, media and organizations.

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“…Several policies have been adopted to prevent conflicts of interests among the authors, including a mandatory disclosure of remunerated edits, limitations on the use of multiple accounts (designated as "sock-puppetry") and clear rules regarding the reliability of sources. Wikipedia authors must also follow the encyclopaedia's specific position on the "neutral point of view", embracing pluralism and multi-perpectivity (Sant 2021), yet trying to reflect the relative importance of each viewpoint in the sources. Specific WikiProjects, such as Patrols and the Counter-Vandalism Unit, gather users dedicated to the surveillance of articles and the development of methods (including bots) in order to fight vandalism and problematic edits.…”

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Wikipedia as a trusted method of information assessment during the COVID-19 crisis

Segault¹

2022

COVID-19, Communication and Culture

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How Can Wikipedia Save Us all?: Assuming Good Faith from all Points of View in the Age of Fake News and Post-truth

Cited by 3 publications

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What kind of a problem is loneliness? Representations of connectedness and participation from a study of telepresence technologies in the UK

What kind of a problem is loneliness? Representations of connectedness and participation from a study of telepresence technologies in the UK

The role of Wikipedia in the dissemination of new knowledge: Analysis of the entry «desinformación» as a changeable concept

Wikipedia as a trusted method of information assessment during the COVID-19 crisis

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