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The Pipeline of Online Participation Inequalities: The Case of Wikipedia Editing

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2018
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Shaw, A., & Hargittai, E. (2018). The Pipeline of Online Participation Inequalities: The Case of Wikipedia Editing. Journal of Communication, 68(1), 143–168. https://doi.org/10.1093/joc/jqx003

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Digital inequalities undermine the democratizing potential of the Internet. While many people engage in public discourse through participatory media, knowledge gaps limit engagement in the networked public sphere. Participatory web platforms have unique potential to facilitate a more equitable production of knowledge. This paper conceptualizes a pipeline of online participation and models the awareness and behaviors necessary to become a contributor to the networked public sphere. We test the theory with the case of Wikipedia editing,

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68

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1

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143

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168

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Digital inequality, knowledge gap, online participation, Internet skills, Survey research, Wikipedia

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English

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2018-02-28

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2019-02-22

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0021-9916

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Green

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44 since deposited on 2019-02-22
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Shaw, A., & Hargittai, E. (2018). The Pipeline of Online Participation Inequalities: The Case of Wikipedia Editing. Journal of Communication, 68(1), 143–168. https://doi.org/10.1093/joc/jqx003

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