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The Dynamics of Peer-Produced Political Information During the 2016 U.S. Presidential Campaign

Author(s) -

Brian Keegan

Publication year - 2019

Publication title -

proceedings of the acm on human-computer interaction

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.379

H-Index - 27

ISSN - 2573-0142

DOI - 10.1145/3359135

Subject(s) - enthusiasm , politics , dynamics (music) , presidential system , presidential campaign , consumption (sociology) , peer production , political science , production (economics) , fake news , public relations , sociology , media studies , psychology , computer science , social psychology , world wide web , social science , economics , law , pedagogy , microeconomics

Wikipedia plays a crucial role for online information seeking and its editors have a remarkable capacity to rapidly revise its content in response to current events. How did the production and consumption of political information on Wikipedia mirror the dynamics of the 2016 U.S. Presidential campaign? Drawing on systems justification theory and methods for measuring the enthusiasm gap among voters, this paper quantitatively analyzes the candidates' biographical and related articles and their editors. Information production and consumption patterns match major events over the course of the campaign, but Trump-related articles show consistently higher levels of engagement than Clinton-related articles. Analysis of the editors' participation and backgrounds show analogous shifts in the composition and durability of the collaborations around each candidate. The implications for using Wikipedia to monitor political engagement are discussed.

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