Gender and the invisibility of care on Wikipedia

Datos Bibliográficos

ID5260976
AutoresHarry Ford (0000-0002-3500-9772, University of Technology Sydney, autor de correspondencia), Tamson Pietsch (0000-0002-8304-7108, University of Technology Sydney), Kadya Tall (0000-0002-7876-4460, University of Technology Sydney)
Año2023
Volumen10
Número2
Fecha de publicación2023-07-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaBig Data & Society (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 2053-9517 • E-ISSN: 2053-9517
EditorialSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/20539517231210276
OpenAlexW4388109367
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas2
Referencias citadas39

Digital platforms produce bias and inequality that have a significant impact on peoples' sense of self, agency and life chances. Wikipedia has largely evaded the criticism of other algorithmic systems like Google search and training databases like ImageNet, but Wikipedia is a critical source of representation in our current era - not only because it is one of the world's most popular websites, but because its data are being used as training data for the AI systems that are increasingly used for decision-making. We conducted an analysis of Wikipedia biographies in a national context, comparing the temporality and subjects of notability between English Wikipedia and the Australian Honours system in order to understand Wikipedia's unique role in the production of notability over the site's 20-year history. Framing Wikipedia as an active producer (rather than a reflection) of notability, we demonstrate that women are more likely to be awarded a Wikipedia page after the award announcements or not at all if their contribution is for labour relating to the caring professions than if their service is for sports, arts and films, politics or the judiciary. We argue that Wikipedia's inability to recognise gendered care work as noteworthy is mirrored in its own practices

Criticism · Media studies · Political science · Politics · Public relations · Social science · Sociology · Digital Games and Media · History · Law · Social Media and Politics · Wikis in Education and Collaboration