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But does it wipe the floor with Wikipedia?
Byline: K Thomas
But does it wipe the floor with Wikipedia?
An encylopaedia written by academics must be better than one written by the crowd, mustn't it? Kim Thomas takes a look
' website review
Views on Wikipedia tend to fall into two camps: those who think an encyclopaedia written by amateurs will be full of inaccuracies, distortion and score-settling; and those who believe that it enshrines the principle of the wisdom of crowds because it is open to all, and mistakes are easily and quickly corrected.
Wikipedia sceptics will turn gratefully towards the Blackwell Encyclopedia of Sociology Online. Written by academic sociologists, it describes itself as "a vast library giving instant access to the most authoritative and up-to-date scholarship in your field".
First made available in January 2007, it is updated three times a year. And with 1,800 entries totalling 3.5 million words, it is a substantial piece of work.
- Goffman goes rock climbing: using creative fiction to explore the presentation...
- Magazine article from: Australian Journal of Outdoor Education Beames, Simon K. Pike, Elizabeth C.J. July 1, 2008 700+ words
...framework of dramaturgy, as conceptualised by the late Erving Goffman (1). The rationale for such enquiry is a belief that...Background: Goffman and his dramaturgical framework Erving Goffman was born in Winnipeg, Canada in 1922. Despite starting...
- Understanding McLuhan: television and the creation of the global village.
- Magazine article from: ETC.: A Review of General Semantics Antecol, Michael December 22, 1997 700+ words
...developing by relying on the ideas of Joshua Meyrowitz, Erving Goffman and Edward Hall; second, by drawing a link between watching...or framing, is a formulation developed by sociologist Erving Goffman. He hypothesized that in every physical and place-based...
- The Enchantment of Sociology: A Study of Theology and Culture.
- Magazine article from: Theological Studies Coleman, John A. June 1, 1997 700+ words
...book. Thoughtful discussion of sociologists encompass Anthony Giddens, Clifford Geertz, Nicolas Luhmann, Georg Simmel, Erving Goffman, Weber, and Durkheim. Pierre Bordieu becomes the master narrator, however, of the main sociological story line. Philosophical...
- Act Well Thy Part: Performing Technical Writer and Engineer.(COMMUNICATION)
- Magazine article from: Technical Communication Tovey, Janice May 1, 2005 700+ words
...article presents communication strategies for technical writers and engineers. These strategies are developed from applying Erving Goffman's social interaction theories to the technical writer/engineer relationship. These strategies should also help dispel...
- Interpersonal relations.
- Magazine article from: Texas Studies in Literature and Language Hilfer, Tony March 22, 2005 700+ words
...However, Maya Wakana, writing on The Wings of the Dove also sees self as formed via interpersonal relations, building on Erving Goffman's brilliantly paranoiac social psychology to show how such interaction continually negotiates psychic and social survival...
- Society in self, self in society: survival in The Wings of the Dove.
- Magazine article from: Texas Studies in Literature and Language Wakana, Maya Higashi March 22, 2005 700+ words
...face interaction rituals, and face-destroying moments of embarrassment, whose effects on human behavior sociologist Erving Goffman has amply elaborated on; and that of a phenomenological "internal" world of being where the self is constantly engaged...
- Theorising the racial identity development of transracial adoptees: a symbolic...
- Magazine article from: Adoption & Fostering Patel, Tina June 22, 2007 700+ words
...identity being something that is wholly naturally given. Symbolic interactionism and the works of Herbert Blumer (1969), Erving Goffman (1982) and George H Mead (1995), which lie within the social constructionist approach, are especially useful for understanding...
- Discredited and discreditable identities: one Black American's experiences in...
- Magazine article from: The Western Journal of Black Studies Gaines, Stanley O., Jr. September 22, 2002 700+ words
...Identity in the United States In his classic volume, Stigma: Notes on the Management of Spoiled Identity, sociologist Erving Goffman (1963) defined stigma as: An attribute that makes [a stranger] different from others in the category of persons available...
Source: HighBeam Research, But does it wipe the floor with Wikipedia?