Good Faith Collaboration: The Culture of Wikipedia

@article{Morell2013GoodFC,
  title={Good Faith Collaboration: The Culture of Wikipedia},
  author={Mayo Fuster Morell},
  journal={Information, Communication \& Society},
  year={2013},
  volume={16},
  pages={146 - 147}
}
  • M. F. Morell
  • Published 1 February 2013
  • Art
  • Information, Communication & Society
The image of a community shaped in a virtual environment sounded rather ‘psychedelic’ before the advent of the Internet. Rheingold (1993) proposed the term ‘virtual community’ to connote the intense feelings of camaraderie, empathy and support he observed among people in online spaces. In this field, Reagle makes a very good contribution towards undoing the image of online collective action as ‘non-real’ (an image still frequently present among scientific researchers). Furthermore, Reagle’s… 
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