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Wikipedia and the Wisdom of the Crowds: Re-Thinking Knowledge Creation, Reliability and Expertise in the Age of Wikipedia
Illinois Wesleyan University Non-Org (2012)
  • Christopher A. Sweet, Illinois Wesleyan University
Abstract

In the span of 10 years Wikipedia has grown to include 3.8 million articles. The site currently receives almost 3 billion page views per month in the United States. Wikipedia’s success is due largely to its reliance on crowdsourcing to create and distribute information. This Non-Org will address questions such as: What is the wisdom of the crowds? How is Wikipedia shaping today’s information landscape? How reliable are Wikipedia articles? and How should higher education respond to Wikipedia?

Keywords
  • wikipedia,
  • expertise
Publication Date
March 6, 2012
Citation Information
Christopher A. Sweet. "Wikipedia and the Wisdom of the Crowds: Re-Thinking Knowledge Creation, Reliability and Expertise in the Age of Wikipedia" Illinois Wesleyan University Non-Org (2012)
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/christopher_sweet/17/