W 3.1 Ma Chenxiao 마신소

 Why is wikipedia less popular in south korea than in most other developed countries?

 summary：

            In South Korea, there may be other popular encyclopedia websites that are more suitable for the needs of Koreans or they are more willing to trust this website. This website may have better localization and cultural adaptability, and therefore be more popular.It may also be that there are well-known websites that are more inclined to promote localization or specific fields. After all, every country will definitely have a local encyclopedia website. This may result in Wikipedia not being dominant in searching for information, thereby reducing traffic. Another conjecture is that South Korea may be more inclined to obtain information through social media or specific online communities (in China, such as Tieba and Zhihu) rather than through comprehensive platforms such as Wikipedia.

Interesting point：

            The proportion of people using Wikipedia in China is not even the majority. Some people have not even heard of Wikipedia. Most people use an encyclopedia website called Baidu. Baidu has a huge market in China, almost all of them in China. Everyone who surfs the Internet will be exposed to Baidu. This is related to China’s special domestic policies, which prevents foreign encyclopedia websites from being used in China. Although Wikipedia has a Chinese site, its market share is still not as high as that of Baidu.

Discussion：

             I think we can strengthen publicity so that more people can be interested in Wikipedia, such as organizing some activities, using social media for publicity, and volunteers regularly updating Wikipedia entries that need Korean translation.

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

W4.1 March 25 (Mon)——LI MENGRU

1.Summary   This article discusses the characteristics of open content communities and provides a detailed description using Wikipedia as an example. The author first uses the term "community" to describe interdependent groups of people who participate in discussions, decision-making, and share some practices that define communities. Then, the author proposes five characteristics of an open content community: open content, transparency, integrity, non discrimination, and non interference. Although some of these features provide clear boundaries, such as copyright licenses for open content and forking ability, other features such as transparency, integrity, and non discriminatory social values do not provide equally clear boundaries. The author emphasizes that exploring these characteristics helps to understand the background and values in community discussions.   The article then provides a detailed introduction to the origins of the free and open source software movement and...
Read more

W10.2 May 10 (Fri)—CHENG SHIYI

1.Summary   Remix culture is a culture that allows and encourages the creation of derivative works through the editing of existing material, challenges exclusive copyright restrictions, promotes the idea of remixing, and facilitates the free flow of creativity. In Remix, Lessig describes the shift from a read-only culture to a read/write culture, where the advent of digital technology has redefined the way culture is created and distributed in ways that facilitate the interactive relationship between producers and consumers and democratize the production of ideas and the distribution of content. The history of remix culture dates back to the 19th century, e.g.: according to American media scholar Henry Jenkins, but the balance between creation and consumption shifted with the advancement of analog recording and reproduction technologies.The analog era of the early 20th century, with its specialized creative equipment and cheap consumer devices, led to the strengthening of proprieta...
Read more

W1.1 Intro class: intro to class, blog, wiki and other assignments——CHENG SHIYI

1. Summary  I have taken classes from you, the professor, before and have always been interested in Wikipedia, so I chose to take your class this semester regardless. I understand from your introduction to all the courses in the lecture that this semester's Collective Intelligence in Practice course is centered around Wikipedia, which I understand is an encyclopedia that anyone can edit, and that Wikipedia brings together knowledge from around the world. One of the quotes in your course syllabus is that Technocrati's chief technologist says that soon "Wiki-knowledge will be a required job skill." Wikipedia, a non-profit encyclopedic website, is ranked among the top 5 most popular websites in the world, all thanks to a little bit of contribution from volunteers in the world. I see from this that the Collective Intelligence in Practice program understands Collective Intelligence on the Internet through Wikipedia from a sociological perspective. There are many ways to s...
Read more