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The geography of knowledge has always been uneven. Some people and places have always been more visible and had more voices than others. But the internet seemed to promise something different: a greater…
Whether you trust it or ignore it, Wikipedia is one of the most popular websites in the world and accessed by millions of people every day. So would you trust it any more (or even less) if you knew people…
Wikipedia is often seen as a great equaliser. Every day, hundreds of thousands of people collaborate on a seemingly endless range of topics by writing, editing and discussing articles, and uploading images…
Whilst visiting a national park in North Sulawesi wildlife photographer David Slater had his camera stolen – not by a thief, but by an inquisitive crested black macaque. The resulting selfies are causing…
Being literate used to be about knowing how to read. In the 21st century it also means knowing how to negotiate through the torrent of information coming at you from all directions. Information Fatigue…
A valid argument about a scientific issue requires support using robust, objective, peer-reviewed scientific evidence. This notion is drilled into university students from the beginning of their tertiary…
Wikipedia, the collection of 37 million articles that anyone can edit, is defined by conflict. The ability for anyone to shape this global repository of knowledge inevitably means that we are presented…
The 2012 Paralympic Games open in London tomorrow morning (AEST). These Games will build upon the successes of Sydney and Beijing in making visible the ability of outstanding athletes. And they are taking…
The British government has enlisted the services of Wikipedia in a push to make all taxpayer-funded academic research from the UK freely available online - regardless of whether it is also published in…
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Workday Professor of Technology and Society, Trinity College Dublin
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Associate Professor, Oxford Internet Institute, University of Oxford
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Professor, Communications, University of Technology Sydney
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Vice Provost for Academic Programs, SUNY Empire State College
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Distinguished Librarian, University at Albany, State University of New York
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Professeur des Universités en Histoire des Sciences, Université de Lorraine
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Lecturer in Information Technology, Intellectual Property and Media Law, University of East Anglia
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Associate Professor, ARC Centre of Excellence for Weather of the 21st Century, Monash University
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Lecturer, University of Southern Queensland
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Lecturer in Digital Media Sociology., City St George's, University of London
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Reader in Sociology, Loughborough University; Independent Social Research Foundation
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Postdoctoral Fellow at the Center for Middle Eastern Studies, Lund University
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Medical Doctor, Epidemiologist and Biostatistician, University of the Witwatersrand
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Professor of History, Rochester Institute of Technology
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Associate Professor in Education, University of East Anglia