Knowledge as power on the internet

College

College of Computer Studies

Department/Unit

Information Technology

Document Type

Conference Proceeding

Source Title

Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)

Volume

6847 LNCS

First Page

180

Last Page

191

Publication Date

9-19-2011

Abstract

In this study we explore how knowledge produced on the Internet can reflect objectivist or subjectivist views. These different views shape participation dynamics in the knowledge production process in ways that are bound up with power. To explore these issues, we conducted a comparative case study of websites under the Development Gateway, an initiative launched by the World Bank in 2001. We examined how objective knowledge is associated with tightly controlled processes of knowledge production dominated by an elite that limits electronic participation, while subjective knowledge is associated with processes characterized by more inclusiveness, polyvocality and (qualified) egalitarianism. © 2011 IFIP International Federation for Information Processing.

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Digitial Object Identifier (DOI)

10.1007/978-3-642-23333-3_16

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