Just a reminder that the Research Showcase is this week! On Thu, Jul 11, 2019 at 4:45 PM Janna Layton <jlay...@wikimedia.org> wrote:
> Hi all, > > The next Research Showcase will be live-streamed next Wednesday, July 17, > at 11:30 AM PDT/18:30 UTC. > > YouTube stream: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i9vvwV5KfW4 > > As usual, you can join the conversation on IRC at #wikimedia-research. You > can also watch our past research showcases here: > https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Research/Showcase > > This month's presentations: > > Characterizing Incivility on Wikipedia > > Elizabeth Whittaker, University of Michigan School of Information > > In a society whose citizens have a variety of viewpoints, there is a > question of how citizens can govern themselves in ways that allow these > viewpoints to co-exist. Online deliberation has been posited as a problem > solving mechanism in this context, and civility can be thought of as a > mechanism that facilitates this deliberation. Civility can thus be thought > of as a method of interaction that encourages collaboration, while > incivility disrupts collaboration. However, it is important to note that > the nature of online civility is shaped by its history and the technical > architecture scaffolding it. Civility as a concept has been used both to > promote equal deliberation and to exclude the marginalized from > deliberation, so we should be careful to ensure that our conceptualizations > of incivility reflect what we intend them to in order to avoid > unintentionally reinforcing inequality. > > To this end, we examined Wikipedia editors’ perceptions of interactions > that disrupt collaboration through 15 semi-structured interviews. Wikipedia > is a highly deliberative platform, as editors need to reach consensus about > what will appear on the article page, a process that often involves > deliberation to coordinate, and any disruption to this process should be > apparent. We found that incivility on Wikipedia typically occurs in one of > three ways: through weaponization of Wikipedia’s policies, weaponization of > Wikipedia’s technical features, and through more typical vitriolic content. > These methods of incivility were gendered, and had the practical effect of > discouraging women from editing. We implicate this pattern as one of the > underlying causes of Wikipedia’s gender gap. > > Hidden Gems in the Wikipedia Discussions: The Wikipedians’ Rationales > > Lu Xiao, Syracuse University School of Information Studies > > I will present a series of completed and ongoing studies that are aimed at > understanding the role of the Wikipedians’ rationales in Wikipedia > discussions. We define a rationale as one’s justification of her viewpoint > and suggestions. Our studies demonstrate the potential of leveraging the > Wikipedians’ rationales in discussions as resources for future > decision-making and as resources for eliciting knowledge about the > community’s norms, practices and policies. Viewed as rich digital traces in > these environments, we consider them to be beneficial for the community > members, such as helping newcomers familiarize themselves on the commonly > accepted justificatory reasoning styles. We call for more research > attention to the discussion content from this rationale study perspective. > > -- > Janna Layton (she, her) > Administrative Assistant - Audiences & Technology > Wikimedia Foundation <https://wikimediafoundation.org/> > -- Janna Layton (she, her) Administrative Assistant - Audiences & Technology Wikimedia Foundation <https://wikimediafoundation.org/>
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