TY - BOOK ID - 77900888 TI - Common knowledge? : an ethnography of Wikipedia PY - 2014 SN - 0804791201 9780804791205 9780804789448 0804789444 PB - Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, DB - UniCat KW - Organizational sociology. KW - Electronic encyclopedias KW - Encyclopedias and dictionaries KW - Interactive encyclopedias KW - Multimedia encyclopedias KW - Online encyclopedias KW - Electronic publications KW - Electronic reference sources KW - Organization (Sociology) KW - Organization theory KW - Sociology of organizations KW - Sociology KW - Bureaucracy KW - Social aspects. KW - Wikipedia. KW - Organizational sociology KW - Social aspects KW - E-books UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:77900888 AB - With an emphasis on peer–produced content and collaboration, Wikipedia exemplifies a departure from traditional management and organizational models. This iconic "project" has been variously characterized as a hive mind and an information revolution, attracting millions of new users even as it has been denigrated as anarchic and plagued by misinformation. Have Wikipedia's structure and inner workings promoted its astonishing growth and enduring public relevance? In Common Knowledge?, Dariusz Jemielniak draws on his academic expertise and years of active participation within the Wikipedia community to take readers inside the site, illuminating how it functions and deconstructing its distinctive organization. Against a backdrop of misconceptions about its governance, authenticity, and accessibility, Jemielniak delivers the first ethnography of Wikipedia, revealing that it is not entirely at the mercy of the public: instead, it balances open access and power with a unique bureaucracy that takes a page from traditional organizational forms. Along the way, Jemielniak incorporates fascinating cases that highlight the tug of war among the participants as they forge ahead in this pioneering environment. ER -