How Wikipedia Works

On this week's episode of the TechTank Podcast, co-host, Darrell West, dives into howWikipedia handles content moderation, disinformation, and bias. The site is a trusted source ofinformation for many people, but little is known about how it makes decisions and handlescontroversies surrounding its material. Guests are Isabelle Langrock, a PhD candidate at theAnnenberg School for Communication at the University of Pennsylvania, who is writing adissertation on Open Knowledge Production and Digital Access; and Kent Campbell, aStrategist at Reputation X, a firm that researches Wikipedia references, talk pages, and historicalediting patterns. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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