The Information Behavior of Wikipedia Fan Editors: A Digital (Auto)Ethnography

by Paul A. Thomas

Situated at the intersection of library and information science (LIS), Wikipedia studies, and fandom studies, this book is a digital (auto)ethnography that documents the information behavior of Wikipedia "fan editors"--that is, individuals who edit articles about pop culture media. Given Wikipedia's prominence in LIS and fan studies scholarship, both as one of the world's most heavily used reference sources and as an important archive for fan communities,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 166694193X
• ISBN13: 9781666941937
• Release Date: July 2024
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Length: 286 Pages