'bots' Tag

• The Lives of Bots

  March 5, 2011

  I’m part of a Wikipedia research group called “Critical Point of View” centered around the Institute for Network Cultures in Amsterdam and the Centre for Internet and Society in Bangalore.  (Just a disclaimer, the term ‘critical’ is more like critical theory as opposed to Wikipedia bashing for its own sake.)  We’ve had some great conferences and [...]

  posted in Academic Works, Published Works by R. Stuart Geiger

• Wikisym Poster: The Social Roles of Bots and Assisted Editing Tools

  October 24, 2009

  This project investigates various software programs as non-human social actors in Wikipedia, arguing that their influence must not be overlooked in research of the on-line encyclopedia project. Using statistical and archival methods, the roles of assisted editing programs and bots are examined. First, the proportion of edits made by these non-human actors is significantly more [...]

  posted in Conference Presentations, Wikis by R. Stuart Geiger