In this episode Patricia O'Neal, Caitlin Porter, and Sarah Fodge talk about the history of information storage and retrieval, discuss two examples of wiki communities (Wikipedia: Arkansas Project; Little Rock Renaissance), and make connections between wikis and virtual worlds. They finish up by debating the merits of wikis, and whether to trust them, and whether virtual worlds are really "real" worlds!

Strange Communities

Phil Frana UCA Honors College

Wikis, Worlds, and Trust

DEC 5, 2008-1 MIN
Strange Communities

Wikis, Worlds, and Trust

DEC 5, 2008-1 MIN

Description

In this episode Patricia O'Neal, Caitlin Porter, and Sarah Fodge talk about the history of information storage and retrieval, discuss two examples of wiki communities (Wikipedia: Arkansas Project; Little Rock Renaissance), and make connections between wikis and virtual worlds. They finish up by debating the merits of wikis, and whether to trust them, and whether virtual worlds are really "real" worlds!