A wiki is a collection of web pages designed to enable anyone who accesses it to contribute or modify content, using a simplified markup language[1][2]. Wikis are often used to create collaborative websites and to power community websites.
you browse
you discover
you research
you realise
you criticise
you edit
you change
you publish
Information are shared across the world globally with the help of the internet. This is where wikipedia becomes useful. Not only do you find brief information, it also allow a special feature, such as editing and adding on extra information. This feature is known from new media, called online communities. People form a small community through wikipedia.
What makes wikipedia interesting is, while people can edit, the information shared could be incorrect or correct. It may not be totally correct thats why multiple users will disagree and correct the inforamtion that has once been shared.
Besides sharing a given information, some subjects have no right or wrong. This is known as controversal. for example. Abortion.
Some people say its bad, while others say its good.
They say its bad because its muredering an innocent child which is growing.
Some people say its good because its a way to resolve from growth. Why because the parent is too young or other any other cirtumstances.
This is a flaw created by wikipedia, the edit and update now has become a threat to wiki. Therefore in this case, if it happens wiki has a special function which seperates the 2 arguable topic. (for and against subject)
If you are interested in posting or correcting, there are several stages that you need to make sure. (((REFER THIS BACK TO CHRISTY LECTURE NOTES))) (((FINISIH THIS)))
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In a cheesy kind of way it is cool to think that the new media and the interactive qualities it possesses allows us in ways that were never possible before, to contribute news and information content. Wikpedia is probably the best example of how people are now doing so. Where traditional media sources such as television and print are produced in a hierarchial (if that's a word) structure by people trained to create content in a specific way. This content is then reviewed, edited and delivered to the public. But with sites like wiki, this information is produced from the ground up by the average joe. Anyone can contribute to this content which builds up over time, to create a wealth of collective knowledge.
I guess a stigma is attached to such sites as many of those who contribute are not professionals and like you said there is little discrimination as to what information can be published, right or wrong. But again as you said people can then correct this information. All in all I think that people will accept wiki as a truly valuable source of collective knowledge, and a true bastion of democracy (how cheesy).
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