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Wikipedia rules the waves

Sherrilynne Starkie

Facing the realities and the stiff competition from Wikipedia , the Encyclopedia Britannica will now focus primarily on their online services. Wikipedia has grown to be the number one source for students. In fact, many students will stop research and change topics if it’s not on Wikipedia. Top Twitter trends for 2011.

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Automated System Can Rewrite Outdated Sentences In Wikipedia

The Realtime Report

Automated System Can Rewrite Outdated Sentences In Wikipedia. A system created by MIT researchers could be used to automatically update factual inconsistencies in Wikipedia articles, reducing time and effort spent by human editors who now do the task manually. There are so many updates constantly needed to Wikipedia articles.

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Research-Driven Ideas for Social Data

Mindjumpers

These areas have been somewhat excluded in the past by more traditional information systems research. In the following, I will present three new research initiatives from the conference that in my opinion ought to be credited for their contribution to the field social business intelligence. Predictive Modeling of Social Activity.

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New Study shows the Surprising Power of Wikipedia in Science

The Realtime Report

New Study shows the Surprising Power of Wikipedia in Science. A new MIT working paper released and featured on Wikimedia Monthly Research Showcase demonstrates the surprising scientific power of Wikipedia. These newly-created articles were then randomized with half being added to Wikipedia and half being held back.

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Cognitive apprenticeship - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Buzz Marketing for Technology

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Educational Researcher, 18, 32-42. Federally-funded cognitive apprenticeship research project. About Wikipedia. Contact Wikipedia. Donate to Wikipedia. Wikipedia® is a registered trademark of the Wikimedia Foundation, Inc., About Wikipedia. Collins, A.,

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M-Journal Subverts Academia By Morphing Wikipedia Into A Reliable Source

Forbes Social Media

M-Journal is a new project from MSCHF Internet Studios that seeks to subvert Academia by turning Wikipedia into something that resembles something that could be cited in a research paper. Or does it?

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Have You Liked or Followed a Facebook Page Created by the Russian Internet Research Agency?

Bill Hartzer

Or, have you liked or followed a Facebook Page or Instagram account created by the Internet Research Agency? The Internet Research Agency has been identified by Facebook as an organization that apparently was paid to spread fake news Facebook and Instagram–in an attempt to influence the United States Presidential Election.

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