"Anyone can edit', not everyone does: Wikipedia's infrastructure and the gender gap
"Anyone can edit', not everyone does: Wikipedia's infrastructure and the gender gap
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DOI：
10.1177/0306312717692172
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发表时间：
2017-08-01
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3
通讯作者：
Wajcman, Judy
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作者：
Ford, Heather;Wajcman, Judy
女权主义STS长期以来一直认为，科学作为男性领域的起源继续定义什么是知识和专业知识。维基百科可以说是当今最强大的信息来源之一，它最初被称赞为通过提供更多不同群体的代表，提供了重建知识机构的机会。然而，只有不到10%的维基百科编辑是女性。在一个层面上，这种贡献和内容的不平衡是技术科学男性文化的另一个例子。这是一个重要的论点，在本文中，我们研究了突出这些问题的实证研究。然而，我们的主要目标是通过证明维基百科的基础设施引入了新的和不太明显的性别差异来源来扩展现有账户。总之，我们的目的是对维基百科的性别划分进行综合分析。
Feminist STS has long established that science's provenance as a male domain continues to define what counts as knowledge and expertise. Wikipedia, arguably one of the most powerful sources of information today, was initially lauded as providing the opportunity to rebuild knowledge institutions by providing greater representation of multiple groups. However, less than ten percent of Wikipedia editors are women. At one level, this imbalance in contributions and therefore content is yet another case of the masculine culture of technoscience. This is an important argument and, in this article, we examine the empirical research that highlights these issues. Our main objective, however, is to extend current accounts by demonstrating that Wikipedia's infrastructure introduces new and less visible sources of gender disparity. In sum, our aim here is to present a consolidated analysis of the gendering of Wikipedia.