Wikipedia and the Politics of Openness

Wikipedia and the Politics of Openness
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Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Total Pages : 225
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ISBN-10 : 9780226192444
ISBN-13 : 022619244X
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Book Synopsis Wikipedia and the Politics of Openness by : Nathaniel Tkacz

Download or read book Wikipedia and the Politics of Openness written by Nathaniel Tkacz and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2014-12-19 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Few virtues are as celebrated in contemporary culture as openness. Rooted in software culture and carrying more than a whiff of Silicon Valley technical utopianism, openness—of decision-making, data, and organizational structure—is seen as the cure for many problems in politics and business. But what does openness mean, and what would a political theory of openness look like? With Wikipedia and the Politics of Openness, Nathaniel Tkacz uses Wikipedia, the most prominent product of open organization, to analyze the theory and politics of openness in practice—and to break its spell. Through discussions of edit wars, article deletion policies, user access levels, and more, Tkacz enables us to see how the key concepts of openness—including collaboration, ad-hocracy, and the splitting of contested projects through “forking”—play out in reality. The resulting book is the richest critical analysis of openness to date, one that roots media theory in messy reality and thereby helps us move beyond the vaporware promises of digital utopians and take the first steps toward truly understanding what openness does, and does not, have to offer.


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