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Heather Ford, "Writing the Revolution: Wikipedia and the Survival of Facts in the Digital Age" (MIT Press, 2022)

New Books in Science, Technology, and Society

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How Can We Contextualize the Knowledge That's Being Made on Platforms Like Wikipedia

I think what we should be doing is trying to think about practical ways in which we can contextualize the knowledge that is represented in these platforms platforms. The monopoly status of all these platforms including Wikipedia actually are very problematic but you know the frame is really important and information about where the claim was made for example become really critical. We need like a more nuanced set of literacy tools for sure uh and figuring out what those are um it's a it's a big project I don't want to take too much more of your time so before we wrap up I would love to hear what you're working on nextUm what research projects you have on your plate now if you're working with any of the

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