WIKIPEDIA AS AN COMPLEX ADAPTIVE SYSTEM: SELF- ORGANIZATION AND EMERGENCE IN PEER PRODUCTION // Wikipédia como um sistema adaptativo complexo: auto-organização e emergência na produção por pares

Authors

  • Carlos Frederico de Brito d'Andréa Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.9771/contemporanea.v10i3.6454

Keywords:

Wikipédia, Sistemas Adaptativos Complexos, Produção por pares

Abstract

In this paper we discuss and analyze the collaborative editing of Wikipedia based on two fundamental characteristics of complex adaptive systems: self-organization and emergence. We begin with a conceptual review about peer “produsage” in internet and complexity theory. Then we analyze the edition of five “Biographies of living persons” of Brazilian personalities in Portuguese Wikipedia, aiming to understand how the poten- tially self-organized and emergents editorial processes take places through the agents interactions. After analyzing these data, we discuss the challenges of reconciling order and openness in the development of the “free encyclopedia that anyone can edit”.

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Author Biography

Carlos Frederico de Brito d'Andréa, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais

Doutor em Estudos Linguísticos e professor adjunto do Departamento de Comunicação Social da Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais.

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Published

2012-12-22

How to Cite

d’Andréa, C. F. de B. (2012). WIKIPEDIA AS AN COMPLEX ADAPTIVE SYSTEM: SELF- ORGANIZATION AND EMERGENCE IN PEER PRODUCTION // Wikipédia como um sistema adaptativo complexo: auto-organização e emergência na produção por pares. Contemporanea, 10(3), 490–510. https://doi.org/10.9771/contemporanea.v10i3.6454

Issue

Vol. 10 No. 3 (2012): Mídias Sociais: Expressões, Saberes e Representações

Section

Dossiê Temático

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