Cultural Differences in Collaborative Authoring of Wikipedia Export

@article{citeulike:1660843, abstract = {Abstract This article explores the relationship between national culture and computer-mediated communication (CMC) in Wikipedia. The articles on the topic game from the French, German, Japanese, and Dutch Wikipedia websites were studied using content analysis methods. Correlations were investigated between patterns of contributions and the four dimensions of cultural influences proposed by Hofstede (Power Distance, Collectivism versus Individualism, Femininity versus Masculinity, and Uncertainty Avoidance). The analysis revealed cultural differences in the style of contributions across the cultures investigated, some of which are correlated with the dimensions identified by Hofstede. These findings suggest that cultural differences that are observed in the physical world also exist in the virtual world.}, author = {Pfeil, Ulrike and Zaphiris, Panayiotis and Ang, Chee S.}, citeulike-article-id = {1660843}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/doi/abs/10.1111/j.1083-6101.2006.00316.x}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1083-6101.2006.00316.x}, citeulike-linkout-2 = {http://www.scopus.com/record/display.url?view=extended&origin=resultslist&eid=2-s2.0-34247855962}, citeulike-linkout-3 = {http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/cgi-bin/abstract/118554191/ABSTRACT}, doi = {10.1111/j.1083-6101.2006.00316.x}, journal = {Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication}, keywords = {20, collaboration, community, publishing, tagging}, number = {1}, pages = {88--113}, posted-at = {2007-12-01 12:52:15}, priority = {2}, title = {Cultural Differences in Collaborative Authoring of Wikipedia}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1083-6101.2006.00316.x}, volume = {12}, year = {2006} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:1660843 L3 - citeulike-article-id:1660843 N2 - Abstract This article explores the relationship between national culture and computer-mediated communication (CMC) in Wikipedia. The articles on the topic game from the French, German, Japanese, and Dutch Wikipedia websites were studied using content analysis methods. Correlations were investigated between patterns of contributions and the four dimensions of cultural influences proposed by Hofstede (Power Distance, Collectivism versus Individualism, Femininity versus Masculinity, and Uncertainty Avoidance). The analysis revealed cultural differences in the style of contributions across the cultures investigated, some of which are correlated with the dimensions identified by Hofstede. These findings suggest that cultural differences that are observed in the physical world also exist in the virtual world. IS - 1 JF - Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication EP - 113 TI - Cultural Differences in Collaborative Authoring of Wikipedia VL - 12 SP - 88 KW - 20 KW - collaboration KW - community KW - publishing KW - tagging AU - Pfeil, Ulrike AU - Zaphiris, Panayiotis AU - Ang, Chee PY - 2006/// UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1083-6101.2006.00316.x ER -