Report - Google and Wikipedia and research habits

Summary of Findings http://chronicle.com/wiredcampus/index.php?id=2326


"A recent report on students’ research habits raises questions about all the hand-wringing in academe concerning students’ over-reliance on Google and Wikipedia to complete assignments. The report, based on a study conducted this year at Saint Mary’s College of California, found that most students started their research by turning to course readings or the library Web site, not Web search engines or Wikipedia."

The Study http://firstmonday.org/issues/issue12_8/head/index.html

Is Wikipedia becoming a hub for propaganda?

An article from the Globe and Mail about the Canadian Government using Wikipedia to edit information. Buncha hosers!
Link to G & M article

See Who's Editing Wikipedia - Diebold, the CIA, a Campaign

From "Wired" - By John Borland 08.14.07 2:00 AM
(Thanks to Tami for this link)
More on Wikipedia Scanner, companies polishing up their Wikipedia entries and government spooks rewriting history on wiki sites.
http://www.wired.com/politics/onlinerights/news/2007/08/wiki_tracker

Scanner Tracks Who's Changing What on Wikipedia

NPR - Morning Edition, August 16, 2007
In a Nutshell
Wikipedia is one of the Internet's most popular fact-checking sites. But a new tool shows how the online encyclopedia, which is maintained by its users, is often manipulated by the companies and individuals who are the subjects of its entries. For more information, head to http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=12823729
(Thanks to Jon Giullian for this link)