Title
So you know you're getting the best possible information: a tool that increases Wikipedia credibility
Abstract
An experiment was conducted to study how credibility judgments about Wikipedia are affected by providing users with an interactive visualization (WikiDashboard) of article and author editing history. Overall, users who self-reported higher use of Internet information and higher rates of Wikipedia usage tended to produce lower credibility judgments about Wikipedia articles and authors. However, use of WikiDashboard significantly increased article and author credibility judgments, with effect sizes larger than any other measured effects of background media usage and attitudes on Wikiepedia credibility. The results suggest that increased exposure to the editing/authoring histories of Wikipedia increases credibility judgments.
Year
DOI
Venue
2009
10.1145/1518701.1518929
CHI
Keywords
Field
DocType
wikipedia credibility,possible information,wikiepedia credibility,lower credibility judgment,wikipedia usage,credibility judgment,wikipedia article,author credibility judgment,higher use,higher rate,background media usage,author editing history,wikipedia,interactive visualization,effect size
Author editing,World Wide Web,Credibility,Computer science,Interactive visualization,Multimedia,The Internet
Conference
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
29
1.34
5
Authors
3
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Peter Pirolli13661538.83
Evelin Wollny2291.34
Bongwon Suh32203171.49