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Cyber Behavior with Wikis

Cyber Behavior with Wikis

Tünde Varga-Atkins, Debbie Prescott, Peter Dangerfield
Copyright: © 2012 |Pages: 14
ISBN13: 9781466603158|ISBN10: 1466603151|EISBN13: 9781466603165
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-0315-8.ch014
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Varga-Atkins, Tünde, et al. "Cyber Behavior with Wikis." Encyclopedia of Cyber Behavior, edited by Zheng Yan, IGI Global, 2012, pp. 164-177. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-0315-8.ch014

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Varga-Atkins, T., Prescott, D., & Dangerfield, P. (2012). Cyber Behavior with Wikis. In Z. Yan (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Cyber Behavior (pp. 164-177). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-0315-8.ch014

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Varga-Atkins, Tünde, Debbie Prescott, and Peter Dangerfield. "Cyber Behavior with Wikis." In Encyclopedia of Cyber Behavior, edited by Zheng Yan, 164-177. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2012. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-0315-8.ch014

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Abstract

This entry summarizes research about cyber behavior with wikis. Wikis are collaborative websites allowing the easy creation of interlinked webpages using text editors. The first wiki tool was created by Ward Cunningham, and the first online wiki-based encyclopedia, Wikipedia, appeared in 2001. Currently, three types of wikis exist: public, organizational, and private/educational wikis. This article identifies six areas of wiki research and its leading researchers. These areas are: (1) the wiki way (wikis as part of the suite of Web2.0 tools), and Wikipedia; (2) wiki growth and contributor roles; (3) what motivates people to contribute to wikis; (4) how the authenticity of wiki articles is ensured; (5) the use of wikis in education; and finally (6) how researchers consider the way wikis have impacted on various aspects of human life. The entry closes with suggestions about possible future research directions on online behavior with wikis.

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