The nature of historical representation on Wikipedia: Dominant or alterative historiography?

Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology

Volumn 62, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1058-1065

  Luyt, Brendan ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIGITAL MEDIA; EASE OF USE; HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE; INFORMATION PROFESSIONALS; INTERACTIVITY; NEW MEDIA; PHILIPPINES; SINGAPORE; WIKIPEDIA;

DIGITAL STORAGE;

INFORMATION SERVICES;

EID: 79956121402     PISSN: 15322882     EISSN: 15322890     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/asi.21531     Document Type: Article

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