Hi folks, Re: Wikipedia and scientific literacy/information diffusion, perhaps this is relevant: "Amplifying the impact of open access: Wikipedia and the diffusion of science" http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/asi.23687/full
On Wed, Jan 25, 2017 at 7:00 AM, < wiki-research-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org> wrote: > Send Wiki-research-l mailing list submissions to > wiki-research-l@lists.wikimedia.org > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wiki-research-l > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > wiki-research-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org > > You can reach the person managing the list at > wiki-research-l-ow...@lists.wikimedia.org > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of Wiki-research-l digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: Request: Studies of external impacts of Wikipedia > (Leigh Thelmadatter) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Wed, 25 Jan 2017 09:47:22 +0000 > From: Leigh Thelmadatter <osama...@hotmail.com> > To: Research into Wikimedia content and communities > <wiki-research-l@lists.wikimedia.org> > Subject: Re: [Wiki-research-l] Request: Studies of external impacts of > Wikipedia > Message-ID: > <BY2PR05MB648575FA7328F35806506FBCD740@BY2PR05MB648. > namprd05.prod.outlook.com> > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > This is an area I am interested in also. I run two groups of Mexican > students who work with Wiki project for their "servicio social," a > community service requirement for all Mexican undergrads. There was some > question this semester as to whether the program should continue as they > were looking for evidence of "social impact"... which they were defining as > students having direct contact with beneficiares (think reading to children > or serving food at a soup kitchen). We did convince the powers-that-be that > while there may not be face-to-face, we can provide numbers as to how many > people access the materials that students create/improve (but cannot break > it down as to how many of those are from Mexico). > > ________________________________ > From: Wiki-research-l <wiki-research-l-boun...@lists.wikimedia.org> on > behalf of Pine W <wiki.p...@gmail.com> > Sent: Tuesday, January 24, 2017 7:23:17 PM > To: Research into Wikimedia content and communities > Subject: Re: [Wiki-research-l] Request: Studies of external impacts of > Wikipedia > > I have a few thoughts. > > Thinking financially here: while I'm not aware of studies, the rise of > Wikipedia coincided with the demise of Encarta. Also, I think that you'd > want to take into consideration the impacts that Wikipedia has had via its > appearance in Google search results and in Google's information summary > panels; I'm sure that Google has reaped substantial financial benefits from > Wikipedia. (This is a mixed blessing.) You might consider making an > estimate of how many millions of dollars university and school libraries > have saved by not purchasing proprietary encyclopedias. > > You might consult with WikiProject Medicine and WPMF to learn about the > public health impacts of their efforts in content development and > translation efforts, which they seem to think have been substantial in the > developing world. > > I believe that the education folks in WMF and WEF have done some analyses > of how Wikipedia assignments have may have yielded improved student > engagement with material than traditional course assignments. > > There are probably also financial benefits that others have reaped from > using open source MediaWiki software. Perhaps the folks in WMF Tech would > be able to provide some analysis of the benefits of MediaWiki to external > organizations. > > HTH, > > Pine > > > On Tue, Jan 24, 2017 at 2:19 PM, Aaron Halfaker <ahalfa...@wikimedia.org< > mailto:ahalfa...@wikimedia.org>> wrote: > Wikipedia has probably had some substantial external impacts. Are there > any studies quantifying them? Maybe increased scientific literacy? Or > maybe GDP rises with access to Wikipedia? > > Are there any studies that have explored how Wikipedia has affected > economic or social issues? > > I'm looking for any references you've got. > > -Aaron > > _______________________________________________ > Wiki-research-l mailing list > Wiki-research-l@lists.wikimedia.org<mailto:Wiki- > researc...@lists.wikimedia.org> > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wiki-research-l > > > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: <https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wiki-research-l/ > attachments/20170125/64a48d06/attachment-0001.html> > > ------------------------------ > > Subject: Digest Footer > > _______________________________________________ > Wiki-research-l mailing list > Wiki-research-l@lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wiki-research-l > > > ------------------------------ > > End of Wiki-research-l Digest, Vol 137, Issue 25 > ************************************************ > -- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Misha Teplitskiy Postdoctoral Fellow Innovation Science Lab Harvard Business School www.mishateplitskiy.com
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