Thanks Mathias, this is quite interesting. Yes the different methodologies definitely makes things hard to compare. *Eric Luth* Projektledare engagemang och påverkan | Project Manager, Involvement and Advocacy Wikimedia Sverige [email protected] +46 (0) 765 55 50 95
Stöd fri kunskap, bli medlem i Wikimedia Sverige. Läs mer på blimedlem.wikimedia.se Den ons 25 okt. 2023 kl 13:00 skrev Mathias Schindler < [email protected]>: > Hi Eric, > > ARD and ZDF, Germany's public broadcaster, publish an annual > "Onlinestudie", a report on the usage of the Internet by people in Germany. > Starting in 2006-ish, they have included questions on the usage of > Wikipedia in their reports. https://www.ard-zdf-onlinestudie.de/ > > The question is not always the same and in some years, they asked people > whether they use "online reference works such as wikipedia". In early > years, Wiipedia was usually seen as a "Web 2.0" service or as one odd child > in the social media family. > > The usual (oversimplified) answer was that people in Germany use > Wikipedia, especially the younger audiences. > [image: image.png] > > On the methodology side, I have some reservations because I think these > surveys never took into account the affirmative bias. Even at peak times, > the idea of 5% of online users *actively* contributing to Wikipedia seemed > far far off. > > Mathias > > On Wed, Oct 25, 2023 at 12:04 PM Eric Luth <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Hi all, >> >> About a week ago, the annual report "Swedes and the Internet" of 2023 was >> released >> <https://svenskarnaochinternet.se/rapporter/svenskarna-och-internet-2023/>. >> It is a comprehensive report by the Swedish Internet Foundation, with a >> statistically representative selection of the Swedish population. The >> report has included Wikipedia for many years, but this year, for the first >> time I believe, it includes a specific chapter on Swedes' use of Wikipedia. >> >> It would be really interesting to know if there are similar surveys and >> reports from other countries. I'm thinking that, if there is, it would be >> interesting to compile those surveys and see what general trends are >> similar across countries. I think that it could eventually be an >> interesting way of getting insights into similarities and differences in >> readers' use of Wikipedia. >> >> So I suppose my question is if you know of similar national surveys from >> your countries and contexts, on how and by whom Wikipedia is used? >> >> >> Best, >> *Eric Luth* >> Projektledare engagemang och påverkan | Project Manager, Involvement and >> Advocacy >> Wikimedia Sverige >> [email protected] >> +46 (0) 765 55 50 95 >> >> Stöd fri kunskap, bli medlem i Wikimedia Sverige. >> Läs mer på blimedlem.wikimedia.se >> _______________________________________________ >> Publicpolicy mailing list -- [email protected] >> To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] >> > _______________________________________________ > Publicpolicy mailing list -- [email protected] > To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] >
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