Online interaction is now a regular part of daily life for a demographically diverse population
of hundreds of millions of people worldwide. These interactions generate fine-grained time …

Wikipedia has been the poster child for large-scale online open collaboration while few
other online open collaboration initiatives have achieved similar success. How did …

Feminist STS has long established that science's provenance as a male domain continues
to define what counts as knowledge and expertise. Wikipedia, arguably one of the most …

Open collaboration systems, such as Wikipedia, need to maintain a pool of volunteer
contributors to remain relevant. Wikipedia was created through a tremendous number of …

The success of Wikipedia demonstrates that self-organizing production communities can
produce high-quality information-based products. Research on Wikipedia has proceeded …

How does" self-governance" happen in Wikipedia? Through in-depth interviews with 20
individuals who have held a variety of responsibilities in the English-language Wikipedia …

Peer production projects like Wikipedia have inspired voluntary associations, collectives,
social movements, and scholars to embrace open online collaboration as a model of …

In this short introductory piece, we define open collaboration and contextualize the diverse
articles in this special issue in a common vocabulary and history. We provide a definition of …

A contemporary examination of what information is represented, how that information is
presented, and who gets to participate (and serve as gatekeeper) in the world's largest …

Virtual teams and other online groups can find it challenging to establish norms that allow
them to effectively balance task and relational aspects of their discussions. Yet, in our …