Cultural Differences in Collaborative Authoring of Wikipedia

@article{citeulike:1018449, 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 = {1018449}, journal = {Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication}, keywords = {collaboration, cultural, differences, wikipedia}, number = {1}, posted-at = {2006-12-28 20:00:26}, priority = {2}, title = {Cultural Differences in Collaborative Authoring of Wikipedia}, url = {http://jcmc.indiana.edu/vol12/issue1/pfeil.html}, volume = {12}, year = {2006} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:1018449 L3 - citeulike-article-id:1018449 TI - Cultural Differences in Collaborative Authoring of Wikipedia JF - Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication VL - 12 IS - 1 N2 - 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. KW - collaboration KW - cultural KW - differences KW - wikipedia AU - Pfeil, Ulrike AU - Zaphiris, Panayiotis AU - Ang, Chee PY - 2006/// UR - http://jcmc.indiana.edu/vol12/issue1/pfeil.html ER -