/desautels/taxonomy/term/3451/all en /desautels/channels/news/delve-can-wikipedia-fix-its-information-inequality-problem-336441 <p>Wikipedia has revolutionized the way that knowledge is produced and dramatically increased access to information. A closer look at the 300,000 active editors who contribute to Wikipedia’s millions of articles shows that they play a powerful role in shaping the world-wide information ecosystem, generating positive feedback loops that leave other topics in the dust, under-researched and unread. Their impact on the most visited educational resource on the planet affects us all.</p> Thu, 13 Jan 2022 20:11:09 +0000 angela.l.williams@mcgill.ca 86858 at /desautels /desautels/channels/news/professor-zhus-paper-wins-2021-wikimedia-foundation-research-award-year-330781 <p>Congratulations to <a href="/desautels/kai-zhu"><strong>Kai Zhu</strong></a>, Assistant Professor in Information Systems, whose paper won the 2021 Wikimedia Foundation Research Award of the Year.</p> Mon, 03 May 2021 14:33:18 +0000 angela.l.williams@mcgill.ca 80733 at /desautels /desautels/channels/news/content-growth-and-attention-contagion-information-networks-addressing-information-poverty-wikipedia-330895 <p><strong>Authors</strong>: <a href="/desautels/kai-zhu">Kai Zhu</a>, Dylan Walker and Lev Muchnik</p> <p><strong>Publication</strong>: <em>Information Systems Research</em>, Volume 32, Issue 2, June 2020, Pages 491-509.</p> Thu, 06 May 2021 19:24:27 +0000 angela.l.williams@mcgill.ca 80751 at /desautels