Rationale Sharing in Large-Scale Online Deliberations

Xiao, Lu; Askin, Nicole

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Title

Rationale Sharing in Large-Scale Online Deliberations

Author(s)

• Xiao, Lu
• Askin, Nicole

Issue Date

2015-03-15

Keyword(s)

• communication studies
• quantitative analyses including statistics
• distributed work

Abstract

We present preliminary findings on a survey study about the role of rationale sharing in large-scale online deliberation, as represented by Wikipedia’s Articles for Deletion process. Participants from Wikipedia community were surveyed on their experiences in this process through an online anonymous questionnaire, and 41 responses were included in our analysis. We found that they supported the use of rationales as key to the consensus-forming process and considered them in their own decision-making. Also, shared rationales contributed to raising awareness of others’ experiences and domain knowledge, and had the potential to be beneficial for future discussions. Some concerns regarding rationale sharing in the AfD discussions were also probed.

Publisher

iSchools

Series/Report Name or Number

iConference 2015 Proceedings

Type of Resource

text

Language

English

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