DocumentCode
2181252
Title
Wikipedia as an example of positive technology: How to promote knowledge sharing and collaboration with a persuasive tutorial
Author
Calefato, Caterina ; Vernero, Fabiana ; Montanari, Roberto
Author_Institution
Dept. of Comput. Sci., Univ. of Turin, Turin
fYear
2009
fDate
21-23 May 2009
Firstpage
510
Lastpage
516
Abstract
This paper proposes an improved redesign of Wikipedia tutorial following Fogg´s persuasive concept. Wikipedia international project aims at being the biggest online and free encyclopedia. It can be considered a persuasive tool which tries to motivate people to collaborate for the development of a shared knowledge corpus, following a specific policy of behavior.
Keywords
Web sites; computer aided instruction; Fogg persuasive concept; Wikipedia international project; Wikipedia tutorial; knowledge sharing; persuasive tutorial; Collaboration; Collaborative tools; Collaborative work; Computer science; Encyclopedias; Internet; Tutorial; Visual communication; Wikipedia; Writing; Captology; Collaborative Tool; Collaborative Writing; Community; Knowledge Sharing; Persuasion; Social Behavior; Tutorial; Web; Wikipedia;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Human System Interactions, 2009. HSI '09. 2nd Conference on
Conference_Location
Catania
Print_ISBN
978-1-4244-3959-1
Electronic_ISBN
978-1-4244-3960-7
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/HSI.2009.5091031
Filename
5091031
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