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Does Relative Age Affect Fame? Ask Wikipedia
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Peña, Pablo A.; Stephens-Davidowitz, Seth – Education Economics, 2021
We analyze whether age relative to school classmates affects the likelihood of becoming famous. We measure such likelihood as the ratio of Wikipedia entries to births, by state and date of birth, among people born in 1969-1988 in the US. Using a reduced-form Regression Discontinuity Design, we find evidence that men born after the Kindergarten…
Descriptors: Reputation, Age Differences, Gender Differences, School Entrance Age
How Trust in Wikipedia Evolves: A Survey of Students Aged 11 to 25
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Mothe, Josiane; Sahut, Gilles – Information Research: An International Electronic Journal, 2018
Introduction: Whether Wikipedia is to be considered a trusted source is frequently questioned in France. This paper reports the results of a survey examining the levels of trust shown by young people aged eleven to twenty-five. Method: We analyse the answers given by 841 young people, aged eleven to twenty-five, to a questionnaire. To our…
Descriptors: Trust (Psychology), Encyclopedias, Electronic Publishing, Information Sources
Volunteers in Wikipedia: Why the Community Matters
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Baytiyeh, Hoda; Pfaffman, Jay – Educational Technology & Society, 2010
Wikipedia is a reliable encyclopedia with over seven million articles in several languages all contributed and maintained by volunteers. To learn more about what drives people to devote their time and expertise to building and maintaining this remarkable resource, surveys with Likert-scaled items measuring different types of motivations were…
Descriptors: Altruism, Volunteers, Encyclopedias, Access to Information
Measuring User-Created Content: Implications for the ICT Access and Use by Households and Individuals Surveys. OECD Digital Economy Papers, No. 139
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van Beuzekom, Brigitte – OECD Publishing (NJ1), 2008
This paper reviews recent measurement work on User-Created Content (UCC) undertaken in OECD countries. It shows that UCC is emerging as a significant area of economic and social activity worthy of consideration for official measurement and discusses the implications for the OECD Model Survey on ICT Access and Use by Households and Individuals.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Information Technology, Access to Computers, Users (Information)
Elementary Students' Use of Electronic Information Services: An Exploratory Study.
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Marchionini, Gary; Teague, Jerry – Journal of Research on Computing in Education, 1987
Describes study that was designed to explore whether elementary students of different ages could effectively use selected electronic information services. The performances of students in grades two-three and grades four-six in using an online encyclopedia are compared, examples of searches are presented, and suggestions for further research are…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Age Differences, Comparative Analysis, Computer Assisted Instruction
Encyclopedia of Adult Development.
Kastenbaum, Robert, Ed. – 1993
This encyclopedia contains 106 articles on adult development that were written by more than 75 specialists in such diverse fields as anthropology, communication, education, health sciences, history, and psychology. In a guide to related topics that is presented at the beginning of the encyclopedia, the 106 articles are grouped under the following…
Descriptors: Adult Development, Adult Learning, Adults, Age Differences