Slideshare.net (beta)

 
Post to TwitterPost to Twitter
Post: 
Myspace Hi5 Friendster Xanga LiveJournal Facebook Blogger Tagged Typepad Freewebs BlackPlanet gigya icons

All comments

Add a comment on Slide 1

If you have a SlideShare account, login to comment; else you can comment as a guest


Showing 1-50 of 3 (more)

Wikipedia and Information literacy

From seckerj, 3 months ago

Peter's presentation on Wikipedia

297 views  |  0 comments  |  2 favorites
Download not available ?
 

Categories

Add Category
 
 

Groups / Events

 
Embed
options

More Info

This slideshow is Public
Total Views: 297
on Slideshare: 297
from embeds: 0

Slideshow transcript

Slide 1:Wikipedia Peter Godwin University of Bedfordshire

Slide 2:Tara Brabazon said… “Wikipedia is like a digital circus where the clowns are in charge of feeding the lions.” / http://www.flickr.com/photos/beija-flor/76854951

Slide 3:Wikipedia  A general encyclopedia, not original research…  Funded by small donations  No adverts  14th most popular site in Iran in late 2007

Slide 4:Tara Brabazon said… “What I call “the Google effect” constructs a culture of equivalence, where all Klingons and Romans are equal but only Wikipedian Lord Jimmy Wales is more equal than others.” http://www.flickr.com/photos/timothygreigdotcom/265466824/

Slide 5:Spoof sites

Slide 6:Tara Brabazon said… “The entry for Franz Ferdinand the b