{"product_id":"writing-the-revolution-isbn-9780262046299","title":"Writing the Revolution","description":"\u003cb\u003eA close reading of Wikipedia’s article on the Egyptian Revolution reveals the complexity inherent in establishing the facts of events as they occur and are relayed to audiences near and far.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWikipedia bills itself as an encyclopedia built on neutrality, authority, and crowd-sourced consensus. Platforms like Google and digital assistants like Siri distribute Wikipedia’s facts widely, further burnishing its veneer of impartiality. But as Heather Ford demonstrates in \u003ci\u003eWriting the Revolution\u003c\/i\u003e, the facts that appear on Wikipedia are often the result of protracted power struggles over how data are created and used, how history is written and by whom, and the very definition of facts in a digital age.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eWriting the Revolution\u003c\/i\u003e, Ford looks critically at how the Wikipedia article about the 2011 Egyptian Revolution evolved over the course of a decade, both shaping and being shaped by the Revolution as it happened. When data are published in real time, they are subject to an intense battle over their meaning across multiple fronts. Ford answers key questions about how Wikipedia’s so-called consensus is arrived at; who has the power to write dominant histories and which knowledges are actively rejected; how these battles play out across the chains of circulation in which data travel; and whether history is now written by algorithms.Foreword ix\u003cbr\u003ePreface xiii\u003cbr\u003e1 Wikipedia Matters 1\u003cbr\u003e2 Genesis 23\u003cbr\u003e3 Eruption 43\u003cbr\u003e4 Escalation 65\u003cbr\u003e5 Surge 87\u003cbr\u003e6 Translation 111\u003cbr\u003e7 Toward People's Histories 131\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgments 141\u003cbr\u003eNotes 145\u003cbr\u003eIndex 157“With a refreshing narrative style, Ford pulls you into the action of fact creation on Wikipedia and shows like no one else what is at stake in doing so. A new benchmark for Wikipedia research.” \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—Nathaniel Tkacz, Reader, University of Warwick; author of \u003ci\u003eWikipedia and the Politics of Openness\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e“\u003ci\u003eWriting the Revolution\u003c\/i\u003e is a ground-breaking study of contemporary digital historiography. Written with immense critical flair, this book invites us to think about how great and minor events of our age are being framed.” \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—Stephen Coleman, Professor of Political Communication, University of Leeds\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e“This book powerfully shows how social, economic, and political facts are forged in the knowledge factory of Wikipedia. It is impossible to understand how histories are made in the contemporary world without letting Ford take you on this fascinating journey.” \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—Mark Graham, Professor of Internet Geography, University of Oxford\u003c\/b\u003eHeather Ford\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003eis Associate Professor and Head of Discipline for Digital and Social Media, School of Communication, University of Technology Sydney.","brand":"The MIT Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46303238553829,"sku":"NP9780262046299","price":25.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780262046299.jpg?v=1767744617","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/writing-the-revolution-isbn-9780262046299","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}