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| The Truth According To Wikipedia |
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The Truth according to Wikipedia
More info on
http://www.vpro.nl/programma/tegenlicht/aflev
eringen/39405191/ (Dutch)
Google or Wikipedia? Those of us who search
online -- and who doesn't? -- are getting
referred more and more to Wikipedia. For the
past two years, this free online
"encyclopedia of the people" has been topping
the lists of the world's most popular
websites. But do we really know what we're
using? Backlight plunges into the story
behind Wikipedia and explores the wonderful
world of Web 2.0. Is it a revolution, or pure
hype?
Director IJsbrand van Veelen goes looking for
the truth behind Wikipedia. Only five people
are employed by the company, and all its
activities are financed by donations and
subsidies. The online encyclopedia that
everyone can contribute to and revise is now
even bigger than the illustrious Encyclopedia
Britannica.
Does this spell the end for traditional
institutions of knowledge such as Britannica?
And should we applaud this development as
progress or mourn it as a loss? How reliable
is Wikipedia? Do "the people" really hold the
lease on wisdom? And since when do we believe
that information should be free for all?
In this film, "Wikipedians," the folks who
spend their days writing and editing
articles, explain how the online encyclopedia
works. In addition, the parties involved
discuss Wikipedia's ethics and quality of
content. It quickly becomes clear that there
are camps of both believers and critics.
Wiki's Truth introduces us to the main
players in the debate: Jimmy Wales (founder
and head Wikipedian), Larry Sanger
(co-founder of Wikipedia, now head of Wiki
spin-off Citizendium), Andrew Keen (author of
The Cult of the Amateur: How Today's Internet
Is Killing Our Culture and Assaulting Our
Economy), Phoebe Ayers (a Wikipedian in
California), Ndesanjo Macha (Swahili
Wikipedia, digital activist), Tim O'Reilly
(CEO of O'Reilly Media, the "inventor" of Web
2.0), Charles Leadbeater (philosopher and
author of We Think, about crowdsourcing), and
Robert McHenry (former editor-in-chief of
Encyclopedia Britannica). Opening is a video
by Chris Pirillo.
The questions surrounding Wikipedia lead to a
bigger discussion of Web 2.0, a phenomenon in
which the user determines the content.
Examples include YouTube, MySpace, Facebook,
and Wikipedia. These sites would appear to
provide new freedom and opportunities for
undiscovered talent and unheard voices, but
just where does the boundary lie between
expert and amateur? Who will survive
according to the laws of this new "digital
Darwinism"? Are equality and truth really
reconcilable ideals? And most importantly,
has the Internet brought us wisdom and truth,
or is it high time for a cultural
counterrevolution?
Broadcast date: April 7, 2008
Direction: IJsbrand van Veelen
Interviews: IJsbrand van Veelen / Marijntje
Denters / Martijn Kieft
Research: William de Bruijn / Marijntje
Denters
Production: Judith van den Berg
Commissioning editors: Jos de Putter / Doke
Romeijn
Tags : wikipedia web 2.0 keen o'reilly encyclopedia truth wales sanger macha leadbeater knowledge expert cult amateur internet |
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Affichage : 77631
Durée : 2892 s |
| Web 2.0 Panel Discussion - Does the "Wiki" Model Work? |
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Complete video at:
http://fora.tv/fora/showthread.php?t=1188
A panel of internet cultural critics debates
the successes and failures of "Web 2.0,"
using Wikipedia and its popular "wiki" model
as an example.
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"The Cult of the Amateur" with speakers
Andrew Keen and Ori Brafman. Mary Hodder
moderates.
Andrew Keen is the author of the book, "The
Cult of the Amateur: How the Democratization
of the Digital World is Assaulting Our
Economy, Our Culture, and Our Values." He is
the founder and former CEO of Audiocafe.com
and is considered a leading contemporary
critic of the internet. Andrew is currently
the Founder and Chief Executive of afterTV
LLC.
Mary Hodder is an information architect and
interaction designer for several web service
companies with social media sites. She works
with companies in open source, photo sharing
and blog aggregation, was at Technorati, and
recently completed a survey of the current
state of research and development in academia
in the area of New Media for the American
Press Institute. She is a blogger at
Napsterization (napsterization.org/stories/)
and an original author at bIPlog (the first
UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism
blog, on the topic of intellectual property,
security and privacy).
Ori Brafman is the co-author of the book "The
Starfish and the Spider: The Unstoppable
Power of Leaderless Organizations." Born in
Israel and raised in Texas, Ori Brafman has
been a lifelong entrepreneur. Ori holds a BA
in Peace and Conflict Studies from UC
Berkeley and an MBA from Stanford
UniversityÂ’s Graduate School of Business.
When he was still in college, he co-founded
Vegan Action, which successfully launched a
network with thirty-six national and
international chapters. He brought vegan
foods into numerous college dining halls.
Ori co-founded Global Peace Networks, which
catalyzed a network of CEOs working on
conflict resolution and economic development
in Africa and the Middle East.
Tags : editing editors pamela anderson arendt wikimedia intellectual criticism media social networks culture interaction foratv |
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Affichage : 3068
Durée : 431 s |
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