Endorsements
"Joseph Reagle's account of what makes Wikipedia tick debunks the vision of
a shining Alexandria gliding towards free and perfect knowledge and replaces it
with something far more awe-inspiring: a humane, and human, enterprise that
with each fitful back-and-forth elicits the best from those it draws in. In an
era of polemic and cheap shots that some attribute largely to the Internet's
influence, he shows how even those of wildly varying backgrounds who disagree
intensely can see themselves as embarked on a common, ennobling mission
grounded in respect and reason."
—Jonathan Zittrain, Professor of Law, Harvard Law School and Kennedy School,
Professor of Computer Science, Harvard School of Engineering and Applied
Sciences, and author of
The
Future of the Internet — And How to Stop It
"Joseph Reagle is one of a very few people who are both deeply engaged
participants in online community and first-rate scholars of it. In
Good
Faith Collaboration
he provides the best explanation to date of how a
communally created encyclopedia went from 'crazy idea' to the most important
reference work in the English language in less than ten years, and what
Wikipedia's massive global experiment in its collaborative culture means for
the future of ours."
—Clay Shirky, NYU, author of
Here Comes Everybody: The Power of
Organizing Without Organizations
"
Good Faith Collaboration
sheds some much needed light on one of
the most influential resources available today. Joseph Reagle accurately
captures the internal collaborative climate of 'good faith' in Wikipedia, and
provides an excellent history of its progenitors like Nupedia."
—Jimmy Wales, Founder of Wikipedia
"Wikipedia deserves to have its story intelligently told, and Joseph Reagle
has done exactly that.
Good Faith Collaboration
is smart, accessible,
and astutely observed. I highly recommend this book to anyone who wants to
better understand how Wikipedia works, and why it matters."
—Sue Gardner, Executive Director, Wikimedia Foundation
Reviews and Articles
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Review
by Olivia Auxier (
International Journal of Communication,
7,
2013, pp. 2656-2658)
-
Review
by Piotr Konieczny (
Social Forces,
93(1), doi: 10.1093/sf/sos100).
-
Review
by José-Carlos Redondo-Olmedilla (
The Information Society,
28(1), 2012, pp. 53-54)
-
Review
by Elena Maceviciute (
Information Research
, 16(3), 2011)
-
Review
by Mayo Fuster Morell (
Information, Communication & Society
,
2011)
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Review
by Susanna Chamberlain (
Communication, Politics & Culture
, 44(2),
2011, pp. 133-134)
-
Review
by Francesca Musiani (
Réseaux
, 29(167), 2011, pp. 219-221)
-
Review
by Jeff Loveland (
Annals of Science
, 68(4), 2011, pp. 555-558)
-
Review
by Donna Ford (
Technical Communication
, 58(3), August 2011, pp.
238-239)
-
Review
by Liselotte Doorduijn (Media Masters, September 2011)
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Review
by
Jeff Kirchoff (Rhizomes.net, September 2011)
-
Review
by Deborah E. Melnick (
Law Library Journal
103(2), Spring, 2011).
-
Review
by T. A. Abinandanan (
Current Science,
April 2011).
-
Review
by Lee Humphreys (
Journal of Communication
, Apr 1, 2011).
-
What
does Wikipedia have to do with civic engagement?
by Michael Kuhne (blog,
Apr 3, 2011).
-
Review
by Alice Bailey (
POLICY Magazine,
Mar 31, 2011).
-
Review
by
Matthew Curinga (
Teachers College Record
, Mar 16, 2011).
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In
Short
by Bruce Elder (
Sydney Morning Herald
, Feb 5, 2011).
-
Review
by Bernice Glenn (
Computing Reviews
, Feb 18, 2011).
-
E-Books'
Varied Formats Make Citations a Mess for Scholars
by Tushar Rae
(Chronicle of Higher Education,
Feb 4, 2011).
-
Review
by Oliver Basciano (
Art Review
, 47, Jan 2011, p. 129)
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Booknotes
by William Kowinski (
The North Coast Journal of Politics, People &
Art
, Dec 30, 2010).
-
Review
by Cory Doctorow (Boing Boing, Dec 20, 2010).
-
The
New Together
by Dalton Conley (
The American Prospect
, December 6,
2010).
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Review
by Sage Ross (blog, Oct 27 2010).
-
In
Rancorous Times, Can Wikipedia Show Us How to All Get Along?
by Alexis
Madrigal (TheAtlantic.com, Oct 19 2010).
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Books
in brief
(
Nature
, Oct 07 2010, Volume 467, p. 659).
-
Good Faith
Scholarship
by James Grimmelmann (JOTWELL, Oct 13 2010).
-
Books in
brief
(
The Futurist
, November-December 2010, 44(6), p. 61).
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Review
by Staeiou (Wikipedia Signpost, Oct 4 2010).
-
Reagle
on the Culture of Wikipedia
by Samuel Klein (blog, Sep 23 2010).
-
Review
by Jessamyn West
(blog, Aug 16 2010).
Talks and Interviews
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Wikipedia's
Global Future
(Hagit Bachrach @ CFR.org, Feb 3 2011)
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Joseph Reagle on
the culture of Wikipedia
(Jerry Brito, Feb 1 2011).
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Why
Can't We All Be More Like Wikipedia?
(Jesse Brown @ TVO.org, Nov 30 2010).
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Marketplace
Tech Report
(American Public Media, Nov 25 2010).
-
Discussion
with David Weinberger
(Media Berkman, Nov 23 2010).
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Webcast
(OpenSource.com, Oct 21 2010).
-
Book
talk
(Berkman Center, Oct 19 2010).
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Inside
the culture of Wikipedia: Q&A with the author of "Good Faith
Collaboration"
interview by Jonathan Opp (OpenSource.com, Sep 21 2010).