DocumentCode
3330367
Title
Wikipedia as Rational Discourse: An Illustration of the Emancipatory Potential of Information Systems
Author
Hansen, Sean ; Berente, Nicholas ; Lyytinen, Kalle
Author_Institution
Case Western Reserve Univ., Cleveland, OH
fYear
2007
fDate
Jan. 2007
Abstract
Critical social theorists often emphasize the control and surveillance aspects of information systems, building upon a characterization of information technology as a tool for increased rationalization. The emancipatory potential of information systems is often overlooked. In this paper, we apply the Habermasian ideal of rational discourse to Wikipedia as an illustration of the emancipatory potential of information systems. We conclude that Wikipedia does embody an approximation of rational discourse, while several challenges remain
Keywords
Internet; information systems; Wikipedia; critical social theory; emancipatory potential; information system; information technology; Control systems; Humans; Impedance; Information systems; Information technology; Instruments; Iron; Monitoring; Surveillance; Wikipedia;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
System Sciences, 2007. HICSS 2007. 40th Annual Hawaii International Conference on
Conference_Location
Waikoloa, HI
ISSN
1530-1605
Electronic_ISBN
1530-1605
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/HICSS.2007.616
Filename
4076896
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