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Wikipedia as Rational Discourse: An Illustration of the Emancipatory Potential of Information Systems
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Sean Hansen, Nicholas Berente, Kalle Lyytinen, "Wikipedia as Rational Discourse: An Illustration of the Emancipatory Potential of Information Systems," Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, pp. 253c, 40th Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS'07), 2007.
 
 
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@article{ 10.1109/HICSS.2007.616,
author = {Sean Hansen and Nicholas Berente and Kalle Lyytinen},
title = {Wikipedia as Rational Discourse: An Illustration of the Emancipatory Potential of Information Systems},
journal ={Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences},
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year = {2007},
issn = {1530-1605},
pages = {253c},
doi = {http://doi.ieeecomputersociety.org/10.1109/HICSS.2007.616},
publisher = {IEEE Computer Society},
address = {Los Alamitos, CA, USA},
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Sean Hansen, Case Western Reserve University
Nicholas Berente, Case Western Reserve University
Kalle Lyytinen, Case Western Reserve University
Critical social theorists often emphasize the control and surveillance aspects of information systems, building upon a characterization of information technology as a tool for increased rationalization. The emancipatory potential of information systems is often overlooked. In this paper, we apply the Habermasian ideal of rational discourse to Wikipedia as an illustration of the emancipatory potential of information systems. We conclude that Wikipedia does embody an approximation of rational discourse, while several challenges remain.
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Sean Hansen, Nicholas Berente, Kalle Lyytinen, "Wikipedia as Rational Discourse: An Illustration of the Emancipatory Potential of Information Systems," hicss, pp.253c, 40th Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS'07), 2007
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