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2011 site rankings source: comScore Top 25 sites worldwide: 1-4: GooMicroFaceYippee #5: Wikimedia sites 6-25: AmazAOLeBay……
Wikipedia Audience Compared With Other Information Sites Measured using unique visitors. Data from comScore MediaMetrix. (Global Unique Visitors, in millions of users) 2007 2008 2009 2010
Wikipedia and wiki collaboration: a model for inclusive media production Collaborative peer production has exploded onto the scene. ,[object Object]
Legal core: free licenses ,[object Object]
Five features that make  Wikipedia  work ,[object Object]
User profile pages
Discussion/talk/project pages
Editing history view
Recent Changes, watch lists, user contributions
 
Wikipedia  markup codes ,[object Object]
HTML code ,[object Object]
 
 
Recent items from  Libya  talk page ,[object Object]
Feb 2011 unrest in Libya
Foreign Relations
Presently on-going (edit)-war
Flag and coat of arms
Religious / political bias?
History does not mention the Gulf of Sidra incidents.
Augment/integrate Fist Crushing a U.S. Fighter Plane statue?
 
Five things that make  Wikipedia  work ,[object Object]
User profile pages
Discussion/talk/project pages
Editing history view
Recent Changes, watch lists, user contributions
Open Source/free licenses Permission  to build on others’ work … if I like a program…I must share it… Software sellers want to divide the users and conquer them, making each user agree not to share with others.  I refuse to break solidarity with other users in this way. — Richard Stallman, GNU Manifesto, 1985
Three  things that make  Wikipedia  work ,[object Object]
Permission  to build on that work (free license)
Software  that supports collaborative  building
How does the rest of media work? What other efforts have been made  to hold special or corporate interests  at bay?
[object Object],[object Object]
Required  holders of broadcast licenses to present controversial issues of public importance
Required honest, equitable and balanced presentation
Corporation for Public Broadcasting ,[object Object]
promotes public broadcasting
created by act of Congress (1967)
funded by the Federal Government
Independent (?) commentator Jon Stewart Image credit: Air Force Tech. Sgt.  Adam M. Stump
Innovative (?) entrepreneur Arianna Huffington Image credit: World Economic Forum
Wikipedia puts YOU in charge.
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