%0 Journal Article %1 1215943 %A Kuznetsov, Stacey %C New York, NY, USA %D 2006 %I ACM %J SIGCAS Comput. Soc. %K collaboration kollaboration online wikipedia %N 2 %P 1 %R 10.1145/1215942.1215943 %T Motivations of contributors to Wikipedia %U http://portal.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=1215942.1215943&coll=ACM&dl=ACM&CFID=97248224&CFTOKEN=17532941 %V 36 %X This paper aims to explain why people are motivated to contribute to the Wikipedia project. A comprehensive analysis of the motivations of Wikipedians is conducted using the iterative methodology developed by Batya Friedman and Peter Kahn in Value Sensitive Design and Information Systems and co-developed by Nissenbaum and Friedman in Bias in Computer Systems. The Value Sensitive Design (VSD) approach consists of three stages: Empirical Investigation, Conceptual Investigation, and Technical Investigation. During the empirical phase, motivations of the contributors to Wikipedia are identified through analysis of data from two published surveys and a pilot survey conducted at New York University. The underlying values behind these motivations are then defined in the conceptual phase of the study. Finally, a technical investigation is conducted in order to determine how features of the Wiki technology support and facilitate these values.

@article{1215943, abstract = {This paper aims to explain why people are motivated to contribute to the Wikipedia project. A comprehensive analysis of the motivations of Wikipedians is conducted using the iterative methodology developed by Batya Friedman and Peter Kahn in Value Sensitive Design and Information Systems and co-developed by Nissenbaum and Friedman in Bias in Computer Systems. The Value Sensitive Design (VSD) approach consists of three stages: Empirical Investigation, Conceptual Investigation, and Technical Investigation. During the empirical phase, motivations of the contributors to Wikipedia are identified through analysis of data from two published surveys and a pilot survey conducted at New York University. The underlying values behind these motivations are then defined in the conceptual phase of the study. Finally, a technical investigation is conducted in order to determine how features of the Wiki technology support and facilitate these values.}, added-at = {2010-07-16T18:02:46.000+0200}, address = {New York, NY, USA}, author = {Kuznetsov, Stacey}, biburl = {https://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/29d9f168c4aa0da8f642c4ed71a457e94/griesbau}, description = {Motivations of contributors to Wikipedia}, doi = {10.1145/1215942.1215943}, interhash = {c9f263af0cf413b19c146e740f18317f}, intrahash = {9d9f168c4aa0da8f642c4ed71a457e94}, issn = {0095-2737}, journal = {SIGCAS Comput. Soc.}, keywords = {collaboration kollaboration online wikipedia}, number = 2, pages = 1, publisher = {ACM}, timestamp = {2010-07-16T18:02:46.000+0200}, title = {Motivations of contributors to Wikipedia}, url = {http://portal.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=1215942.1215943&coll=ACM&dl=ACM&CFID=97248224&CFTOKEN=17532941}, volume = 36, year = 2006 }