Full Description
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, fan editors are a crucial component of this ecosystem as some of Wikipedia's most active contributors. Through a combination of fieldwork observations, insight from key informants, and the author's own experiences as a Wikipedia editor, this monograph provides a rich articulation of fan editor information behavior and offers a significant contribution to scholarship in a number of fields. Scholars of library and information science, media studies, fandom studies, and popular culture will find this book of particular interest.
Contents
Part 1: The Information Behavior of Fan Editors
Chapter 1: Information Needs
Chapter 2: Seeking Information
Chapter 3: Evaluating Sources
Chapter 4: Producing Encyclopedic Content
Chapter 5: Reviewing and Showcasing Encyclopedic Content
Chapter 6: Protecting and Debating Encyclopedic Content
Part 2: Fan Editor Information Behavior in Perspective
Chapter 7: Fan Editor Information Behavior as Serious Leisure
Chapter 8: Fan Editing and the Price Model of Fan Information Behavior
Chapter 9: Wikipedia and Fan Wikis as Contrasting Informational Environments
Chapter 10: Fan Editors and the Question of Motivation
