Motivations of Contributors to Wikipedia Stacey kuznetsov, New York university Information Management Professor ： Wesley Shu 954203057 Jizheng Tsai This slide uses Creative Commons 「 attribution, non-commercial ,share alike 」 Taiwan version license 2007/1/4

Outline Introduction Value sensitive design The stakeholders of wikipedia : An Empirical investigation Motivations: A Conceptual investigation Wiki technology: A Technical Investigation Conclusion

Introduction

Value sensitive design

The stakeholders of wikipedia : An Empirical investigation

Motivations: A Conceptual investigation

Wiki technology: A Technical Investigation

Conclusion

Introduction What is Wikipedia? Edited by Volunteers (wikipedians ) Very popular today Why people contribute effort and time to the wikipedia? A methodology Value Sensitive Design (VSD) to the study of wikipedia

What is Wikipedia?

Edited by Volunteers (wikipedians )

Very popular today

Why people contribute effort and time to the wikipedia?

A methodology Value Sensitive Design (VSD) to the study of wikipedia

Value sensitive design Empirical Investigation This stage focus on “stakeholders” Such as questionnaire survey Conceptual Investigation A theoretical study of values Relies most heavily on Previous research Technical Investigation This stage Focus on “technology” How technology support values

Empirical Investigation

This stage focus on “stakeholders”

Such as questionnaire survey

Conceptual Investigation

A theoretical study of values

Relies most heavily on Previous research

Technical Investigation

This stage Focus on “technology”

How technology support values

The stakeholders of wikipedia : An Empirical investigation FLOSS [email_address] Informal Survey of NYU students

FLOSS

[email_address]

Informal Survey of NYU students

FLOSS Free/ Libre and Open Source Software Participate in a new form of cooperation 34.5% Learn and develop new skills 78% Share my knowledge and skills 49.8%

Free/ Libre and Open Source Software

Search for Extraterrestrial intelligence at home volunteer poll. Other reason 18% Selfish reasons 6% Keep my computer productive 17.44% Find ET for the good of humanity 58.51%

Search for Extraterrestrial intelligence at home volunteer poll.

Informal Survey of NYU students The willingness to contribute content to wikipedia Only a few users willing to edit Wikipedia Give back to Wikipedia 15.26% Selfish reasons Very Few I am making a difference 17.78% Educate humanity/raise awareness 48.89%

The willingness to contribute content to wikipedia

Only a few users willing to edit Wikipedia

Motivations: A Conceptual investigation Altruism Reciprocity Community Reputation Autonomy

Altruism

Reciprocity

Community

Reputation

Autonomy

Wiki technology: A Technical Investigation Community Community Portal (To Do List) Discussion pages (Debate) Reputation Featured Articles or Featured Portals Autonomy No Authority Never fried

Community

Community Portal (To Do List)

Discussion pages (Debate)

Reputation

Featured Articles or Featured Portals

Autonomy

No Authority

Never fried

Conclusion The values of reputation , community , reciprocity , altruism and autonomy are fostered both by people and the technology . These values create an environment for editors to share knowledge.

The values of reputation , community , reciprocity , altruism and autonomy are fostered both by people and the technology .

These values create an environment for editors to share knowledge.

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