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Looks fascinating and highly relevant to "computational journalism".

On Thu, Aug 9, 2012 at 8:46 AM, Heather Leson <hleson@...> wrote:
> Hi Folks, Here is some new research by Heather Ford. Take a look and let us
> know what you think.  Heather and I will be hosting a webinar on this topic
> soon.
>
> Heather
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Heather Ford <hford@...>
> Date: Thu, Aug 9, 2012 at 6:05 AM
> Subject: {Ushahidi-Research} New research report on Wikipedia source
> management
> To: ushahidi-research@...
>
>
> Hi there,
>
> We've just published the report for the Understanding Sources ethnographic
> study of Wikipedia sources - including the case study of the 2011 Egyptian
> Revolution article http://scr.bi/NfsKQg. This report forms part of a project
> to explore successful communities' management of sources to inform the
> development of SwiftRiver.
>
> I've found it really interesting to use grounded theory methodology to study
> Wikipedia and Wikipedians and would love to meet other
> ethnographers/researchers who are using similar methods. I've been
> documenting some of my challenges/successes on the new
> ethnographymatters.net such as the one here: http://bit.ly/NfvfSv and we're
> looking for other researchers to contribute if anyone is interested.
>
> I feel like doing this kind of work is an adventure in problem-solving so it
> would be great if there are others who are finding the same challenges.
>
> Best,
> Heather.
>
> Heather Ford
> Ethnographer: Ushahidi / SwiftRiver
> http://ushahidi.com
> @hfordsa on Twitter
> http://hblog.org
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> --
> Heather Leson
> Director of Community Engagement
> Ushahidi
> hleson@...
> www.ushahidi.com
> @heatherleson
>



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