shington
Joint with:
Travis Kriplean
Information School
University of Washington
David W. McDonald
from XKCD
Motivate the use of socially
interesting datasets A quantitative account of
policy citation practice
Motivate the use of socially
interesting datasets
Consensus-based
Viegas et al. HICSS 07
Kriplean et al. GROUP 07 Consensus-based
Division of work
Cosley et al. IUI 06
Viegas et al. HICSS 07
Kriplean et al. GROUP 07
Viegas et al. INTERACT 07 Introspective
Consensus-based
Division of work
Viegas et al. CHI 04
Forte et al. GROUP 05
Cosley et al. IUI 06
Viegas et al. HICSS 07
Kriplean et al. GROUP 07
Viegas et al. INTERACT 07 Introspective
Consensus-based
Division of work
Governance
Viegas et al. CHI 04
Forte et al. GROUP 05
Cosley et al. IUI 06
Viegas et al. HICSS 07
Kriplean et al. GROUP 07
Viegas et al. INTERACT 07
Forte et al. HICSS 08
Viegas et al. HCII 07 Introspective
Consensus-based
Division of work
Governance
Viegas et al. CHI 04
Forte et al. GROUP 05
Cosley et al. IUI 06
Viegas et al. HICSS 07
Kriplean et al. GROUP 07
Viegas et al. INTERACT 07
Forte et al. HICSS 08
Viegas et al. HCII 07
qualitative
themes Introspective
Consensus-based
Division of work
Governance
Vandalism reversion
Viegas et al. CHI 04
Forte et al. GROUP 05
Cosley et al. IUI 06
Viegas et al. HICSS 07
Kriplean et al. GROUP 07
Viegas et al. INTERACT 07
Forte et al. HICSS 08
Viegas et al. HCII 07
Buriol et al. 06
Priedhorsky GROUP 07
qualitative
themes Introspective
Consensus-based
Division of work
Governance
Vandalism reversion
Non-article content
Viegas et al. CHI 04
Forte et al. GROUP 05
Cosley et al. IUI 06
Viegas et al. HICSS 07
Kriplean et al. GROUP 07
Viegas et al. INTERACT 07
Forte et al. HICSS 08
Viegas et al. HCII 07
Buriol et al. 06
Kittur et al. CHI 07
Priedhorsky GROUP 07
qualitative
themes Introspective
Consensus-based
Division of work
Governance
Vandalism reversion
Non-article content
Author activity
predicts quality,
controversy
Viegas et al. CHI 04
Forte et al. GROUP 05
Cosley et al. IUI 06
Viegas et al. HICSS 07
Kriplean et al. GROUP 07
Viegas et al. INTERACT 07
Forte et al. HICSS 08
Viegas et al. HCII 07
Buriol et al. 06
Wilkinson et al. WikiSym 07
Kittur et al. CHI 07
Priedhorsky GROUP 07
qualitative
themes Introspective
Consensus-based
Division of work
Governance
Vandalism reversion
Non-article content
Author activity
predicts quality,
controversy
User contributions
Viegas et al. CHI 04
Forte et al. GROUP 05
Cosley et al. IUI 06
Viegas et al. HICSS 07
Kriplean et al. GROUP 07
Viegas et al. INTERACT 07
Forte et al. HICSS 08
Viegas et al. HCII 07
Buriol et al. 06
Wilkinson et al. WikiSym 07
Kittur et al. CHI 07
Priedhorsky GROUP 07
Kittur et al. AltCHI 07
Almeida et al. ICWSM 07
Ortega et al. WikiSym 07
qualitative
themes Introspective
Consensus-based
Division of work
Governance
Vandalism reversion
Non-article content
Author activity
predicts quality,
controversy
User contributions
Viegas et al. CHI 04
Forte et al. GROUP 05
Cosley et al. IUI 06
Viegas et al. HICSS 07
Kriplean et al. GROUP 07
Viegas et al. INTERACT 07
Forte et al. HICSS 08
Viegas et al. HCII 07
Buriol et al. 06
Wilkinson et al. WikiSym 07
Kittur et al. CHI 07
Priedhorsky GROUP 07
Kittur et al. AltCHI 07
Almeida et al. ICWSM 07
Ortega et al. WikiSym 07
qualitative
themes
quantitative
themes qualitative
themes
Introspective
Consensus-based
Division of work
Governance
Vandalism reversion
Non-article content
Author activity
predicts quality,
controversy
User contributions
Viegas et al. CHI 04
Forte et al. GROUP 05
Cosley et al. IUI 06
Viegas et al. HICSS 07
Kriplean et al. GROUP 07
Viegas et al. INTERACT 07
Forte et al. HICSS 08
Viegas et al. HCII 07
Buriol et al. 06
Wilkinson et al. WikiSym 07
Kittur et al. CHI 07
Priedhorsky GROUP 07
Kittur et al. AltCHI 07
Almeida et al. ICWSM 07
Ortega et al. WikiSym 07
quantitative
themes Vandalism reversion
Non-article content
Author activity
predicts quality,
controversy
User contributions
Buriol et al. 06
Wilkinson et al. WikiSym 07
Kittur et al. CHI 07
Priedhorsky GROUP 07
Kittur et al. AltCHI 07
Almeida et al. ICWSM 07
Ortega et al. WikiSym 07
quantitative
themes
Challenges:
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temporal analysis
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generalizability
Affordances:
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nuanced data
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identify social structures
Qualitative methods
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interviews
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ethnography
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case studies
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grounded analysis Challenges:
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temporal analysis
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generalizability
Affordances:
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tracking micro-actions
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global level analysis
Affordances:
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nuanced data
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identify social structures
Challenges:
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grounded interpretation
Qualitative methods
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interviews
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ethnography
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case studies
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grounded analysis
Quantitative methods
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data mining
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social network analysis
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predictive models Challenges:
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temporal analysis
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generalizability
Affordances:
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tracking micro-actions
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global level analysis
Affordances:
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nuanced data
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identify social structures
Challenges:
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grounded interpretation
Qualitative methods
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interviews
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ethnography
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case studies
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grounded analysis
Quantitative methods
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data mining
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social network analysis
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predictive models
Actions of individuals
& formation of
institutions Quantitative studies have been...
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focused article editing practices
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overly constrained by the format of the
database dump Quantitative studies have been...
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focused article editing practices
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overly constrained by the format of the
database dump Quantitative studies have been...
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focused article editing practices
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overly constrained by the format of the
database dump
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focused article editing practices
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overly constrained by the format of the
database dump
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focused article editing practices
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overly constrained by the format of the
database dump
...but to understand social structure, must:
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focus on conditions of production
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content-driven, rather than edit-driven
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engage with qualitative ndings
Introspective
Consensus-based
Division of work
Governance
Vandalism reversion
Non-article content
Author activity
predicts quality,
controversy
User contributions
Viegas et al. CHI 04
Forte et al. GROUP 05
Cosley et al. IUI 06
Viegas et al. HICSS 07
Kriplean et al. GROUP 07
Viegas et al. INTERACT 07
Forte et al. HICSS 08
Viegas et al. HCII 07
Buriol et al. 06
Wilkinson et al. WikiSym 07
Kittur et al. CHI 07
Priedhorsky GROUP 07
Kittur et al. AltCHI 07
Almeida et al. ICWSM 07
Ortega et al. WikiSym 07
Beschastnikh et al. ICWSM 08 Introspective
Consensus-based
Division of work
Governance
Vandalism reversion
Non-article content
Author activity
predicts quality,
controversy
User contributions
Viegas et al. CHI 04
Forte et al. GROUP 05
Cosley et al. IUI 06
Viegas et al. HICSS 07
Kriplean et al. GROUP 07
Viegas et al. INTERACT 07
Forte et al. HICSS 08
Viegas et al. HCII 07
Buriol et al. 06
Wilkinson et al. WikiSym 07
Kittur et al. CHI 07
Priedhorsky GROUP 07
Kittur et al. AltCHI 07
Almeida et al. ICWSM 07
Ortega et al. WikiSym 07
Beschastnikh et al. ICWSM 08
Policy citations Introspective
Consensus-based
Division of work
Governance
Vandalism reversion
Non-article content
Author activity
predicts quality,
controversy
User contributions
Viegas et al. CHI 04
Forte et al. GROUP 05
Cosley et al. IUI 06
Viegas et al. HICSS 07
Kriplean et al. GROUP 07
Viegas et al. INTERACT 07
Forte et al. HICSS 08
Viegas et al. HCII 07
Buriol et al. 06
Wilkinson et al. WikiSym 07
Kittur et al. CHI 07
Priedhorsky GROUP 07
Kittur et al. AltCHI 07
Almeida et al. ICWSM 07
Ortega et al. WikiSym 07
Beschastnikh et al. ICWSM 08
Policy citations Introspective
Consensus-based
Division of work
Governance
Vandalism reversion
Non-article content
Author activity
predicts quality,
controversy
User contributions
Viegas et al. CHI 04
Forte et al. GROUP 05
Cosley et al. IUI 06
Viegas et al. HICSS 07
Kriplean et al. GROUP 07
Viegas et al. INTERACT 07
Forte et al. HICSS 08
Viegas et al. HCII 07
Buriol et al. 06
Wilkinson et al. WikiSym 07
Kittur et al. CHI 07
Priedhorsky GROUP 07
Kittur et al. AltCHI 07
Almeida et al. ICWSM 07
Ortega et al. WikiSym 07
Policy citations
Beschastnikh et al. ICWSM 08 Coordinated action
Governance
Introspection
Power and authority
Quality
control
Dispute
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