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Vol.37 No.2

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A Study on the Knowledge Formation Process of Wikipedia in Korea through Big Data Analysis

Journal of the Korean Society for Information Management / Journal of the Korean Society for Information Management, (P)1013-0799; (E)2586-2073
2020, v.37 no.2, pp.171-195
https://doi.org/10.3743/KOSIM.2020.37.2.171
Jungyeoun Lee
Suhyeon Jeon
Lee, J., & Jeon, S. (2020). A Study on the Knowledge Formation Process of Wikipedia in Korea through Big Data Analysis. Journal of the Korean Society for Information Management, 37(2), 171-195, https://doi.org/10.3743/KOSIM.2020.37.2.171

Abstract

This study analyzed the collaborative process in time series by dismantling the edit log big data of Wikipedia Korea, a representative online collaboration community, from early 2002 to 2019. Analysis elements were extracted from the document edit records, formatted in standardized XML, and analyzed using Python and R. The ways of editors’ contribution, the characteristics of data contents, and the trend of document creation were explained by the analysis. An active contribution of a small set of editors and a loose participation of the majority were revealed. In addition, sociocultural characteristics that appear in online communities were also found in Wikipedia Korea. A new, diverse set of external resources is necessary to sustain the collective intelligence. An effort to settle new editors into the wikipedia community and an openness through circulation structure to avoid the exclusiveness of the management group are suggested.

keywords
위키피디아, 위키백과, 빅데이터, 탈중심화, 온라인협업, 협업 플랫폼, 지식권력, 손수제작물, Wikipedia, Wikimedia, CSCW, OPPC, Peer Production, Korea, Editors, UGC, User Generated Content
Submission Date
2020-05-26
Revised Date
2020-06-13
Accepted Date
2020-06-22

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