Wikinomics and its discontents: a critical analysis of Web 2.0 business manifestos

By J. Dijck, David B. Nieborg. New Media & Society, 2009

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Subfields: Communication, Computer Science Applications, Sociology and Political Science

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From e-government to we-government: Defining a typology for citizen coproduction in the age of social media (2012, background): “…contributors appear to represent a “homogeneous demographic and psychographic of highly-educated, well-connected and well-paid professionals” (van Dijck & Nieborg, 2009), reinforcing the traditional “civic engagement gap” (Jennings & Zeitner, 2003) and risking the marginalization of…”
Platformisation (2019, background): “The Web 2.0 concept is best seen as a discursive exercise speaking to a business audience first and foremost, rather than an attempt to historicise any technological, economic, and socio-cultural shift in particular (Van Dijck & Nieborg, 2009).”
The emergence of network media logic in political communication: A theoretical approach (2015, background): “This relates also to business models built around the participatory culture of social media platforms (“wikinomics”, see Van Dijk and Nieborg, 2009).”
Bots, bespoke, code and the materiality of software platforms (2014, background): “Today, Wikipedia's bespoke code plays a role in almost every aspect of the encyclopaedia; bots, specifically help create new articles, edit existing articles, enforce rules and standards, patrol for spam and vandalism, and generally work to support encyclopaedic or administrative work (Geiger, 2009,”
Understanding the new digital divide - A typology of Internet users in Europe (2011, background): “We are often confronted with the misconception that all users are equal and equally creative, particularly in relation to the socalled Web 2.0 culture in which everyone is defined as being a participant in new Internet services (Van Dijck, 2009).”