Computers in Society

1
Computers in Society

• Wikipedia

2
Homework

• Another homework will appear today. You will
  need to find a Digital Divide project and report
  back on it.

3
Teams

• I will assign teams Thursday. There will be 3
  team-based homeworks two presentations and one
  written.
• Its important that teams work together!

4
Term Papers

• I will be placing comments on your term paper
  page by Thursday. Well be negotiating the topic
  if I cant find enough computing in it well
  have to keep looking.
• Once I approve your topic, start finding
  references.

5
Wikipedia

• What news event does the NYT start with?
• How old was the editor that supervised the
  original version of the article?
• How old is Wikipedia?
• About how many articles are in the English
  language version?
• How many registered users?
• What are some of the views that people have of
  the Wikipedia?

6
Wikipedia

• How has the Wikipedia changed the notion of an
  encyclopedia?
• What happened after the Virginia Tech attack?
• What happened to Wikinews?
• Why do people believe Wikipedia is accurate even
  when any bozo can write in it?
• Is Wikipedia often questioned as an accurate
  source of information?

7
Wikipedia

• How does the Wikipedia work?
• Who founded Wikipedia?
• How many admins are there?
• What sort of powers does an admin have?
• How to users become an admin?
• What other sorts of users are there?
• Who ultimately controls Wikipedia?

8
Wikipedia

• What are the Five Pillars? Did you look at them?
  (http//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WikipediaFive_pilla
  rs)
• How do wikipedia users judge each other?
• Can reporters edit Wikipedia?
• How to wikipedia editors gather information for
  breaking news?