Thanks for sharing your research, Joseph! On Fri, Sep 2, 2011 at 9:54 AM, Joseph Reagle <[email protected]>wrote:
> ** > > > > http://reagle.org/joseph/blog/social/wikipedia/gender-bias-in-wp-eb > > > > Abstract: Is there a bias in the against women's representation in > Wikipedia biographies? Thousands of biographical subjects, from six sources, > are compared against the English-language Wikipedia and the online > Encyclopædia Britannica with respect to coverage, gender representation, and > article length. We conclude that Wikipedia provides better coverage and > longer articles, that Wikipedia typically has more articles on women than > Britannica in absolute terms, but Wikipedia articles on women are more > likely to be missing than articles on men relative to Britannica. For both > reference works, article length did not consistently differ by gender. > > _______________________________________________ > Gendergap mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/gendergap > > -- GLAMWIKI Partnership Ambassador for the Wikimedia Foundation<http://www.glamwiki.org> Wikipedian-in-Residence, Archives of American Art<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:SarahStierch> and Sarah Stierch Consulting *Historical, cultural & artistic research & advising.* ------------------------------------------------------ http://www.sarahstierch.com/
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