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Wikipedia: By the people, for the people.

Posted by: n6905633 on: May 12, 2009

There have been many online encyclopedias over the history of the internet such as the online version of Britannica, but what makes Wikipedia different? “Traditionally produced, standard encyclopaedias…encapsulate the current state of accepted knowledge” (Bruns, 2008, 103) whilst Wikipedia creates what Bruns (2008, 103) describes as “representations of knowledge.” Put simply, Wikipedia is a “collaborative [...]



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  • shannon201: Hi Sara I enjoyed reading your blog. You have a very personable style of writing and have used good real life examples of produsage in your content
  • rogger53: Hey Sara! Great post about produsage, you really broke it down into easy to understand bite sized pieces. Not only that, you consistently managed t
  • amygray: Thank you for bringing up a point that often gets forgotten. Amateur, I agree is not synonymous with unreliable, bad or otherwise negative. Amateur is

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