Wikipedia as an example of positive technology: how to promote knowledge sharing and collaboration with a persuasive tutorial

Authors:
Caterina Calefato;Fabiana Vernero;Roberto Montanari
Affiliations:
Department of Computer Science, University of Turin, Torino, Italy;Department of Computer Science, University of Turin, Torino, Italy;University of Modena and Reggio Emilia
Venue:
HSI'09 Proceedings of the 2nd conference on Human System Interactions
Year:
2009

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Abstract

This paper proposes an improved redesign of Wikipedia Tutorial following Fogg's persuasive concept. Wikipedia international project aims at being the biggest online and free encyclopedia. It can be considered a persuasive tool which tries to motivate people to collaborate for the development of a shared knowledge corpus, following a specific policy of behavior.