Forging collective action in information commons: How user groups on Wikipedia and Baidu Baike govern themselves

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Project Title
Forging collective action in information commons: How user groups on Wikipedia and Baidu Baike govern themselves
Principal Investigator
Professor Chan, Kwan Nok   (Principal Investigator (PI))
Co-Investigator(s)
Dr Li Yiran   (Co-Investigator)
Dr Xin Ge   (Co-Investigator)
Professor Fu King Wa   (Co-Investigator)
Dr Liu Helen Kang-huey   (Co-Investigator)
Duration
42
Start Date
2020-10-01
Amount
735500
Conference Title
Forging collective action in information commons: How user groups on Wikipedia and Baidu Baike govern themselves
Keywords
Baidu Baike, collective action, information commons, institutional analysis, Wikipedia
Discipline
Public Administration and Political ScienceOthers - relating to Social and Behavioural Sciences
Panel
Humanities & Social Sciences (H)
HKU Project Code
17615920
Grant Type
General Research Fund (GRF)
Funding Year
2020
Status
On-going
Objectives
1. To obtain a ""thick description"" of user perception of rules and their effectiveness. 2. To test a statistical model of the impact of group-level rules. 3. To learn about the operations of information commons in the Chinese-speaking world.