Japanese students judge information from Wikipedia Japanese edition less credible than other online encyclopedia

• SATO Sho

  Center for License and Qualification, Doshisha University

• KUSUMOTO Chihiro

  Faculty of Economics, Doshisha University

• HATTORI Ryo

  Faculty of Culture and Information Science, Doshisha University

• OSUGA Maki

  Faculty of Culture and Information Science, Doshisha University

• ASAI Risa

  Faculty of Culture and Information Science, Doshisha University

• KONO Mao

  Faculty of Culture and Information Science, Doshisha University

• KUYAMA Ryona

  Faculty of Culture and Information Science, Doshisha University

Bibliographic Information

Other Title

• 日本の大学生は情報源がWikipedia日本語版である情報の信憑性を他のオンライン百科事典である情報よりも低く判断する
• ニホン ノ ダイガクセイ ワ ジョウホウゲン ガ Wikipedia ニホンゴバン デ アル ジョウホウ ノ シンピョウセイ オ タ ノ オンライン ヒャッカ ジテン デ アル ジョウホウ ヨリ モ ヒクク ハンダン スル

Abstract

　The purpose of this study is to clarify the impact of the fact that “the information source is Wikipedia”on Japanese students’ credibility judgments of articles in encyclopedias. Six entries in Wikipedia Japanese edition and ENCYCLOPEDIA NIPPONICA JapanKnowledge edition were used as experiment objects. Entries with layout information and without layout information were prepared. The subjects were asked which entry was thought to be more accurate. Results revealed that subjects judged articles from Wikipedia Japanese edition were less accurate than articles from ENCYCLOPEDIA NIPPONICA when they had layout information. However subjects judged Wikipedia was more accurate than ENCYCLOPEDIA NIPPONICA when they did not have layout information. It was revealed that the fact that “the information source is Wikipedia” has big impact on Japanese students’ credibility judgments.

Journal

• Joho Chishiki Gakkaishi

  Joho Chishiki Gakkaishi 28 (3), 223-252, 2018-09-30

  Japan Society of Information and Knowledge

Keywords

• Credibility of Information
• Wikipedia
• Online Encyclopedia
• Web resources

Details

• CRID: 1390845713013003008
• NII Article ID: 130007498856
• NII Book ID: AN10459774
• DOI: 10.2964/jsik_2018_023
• ISSN: 18817661
• ISSN: 09171436
• NDL BIB ID: 029290413
• Web Site: https://ndlsearch.ndl.go.jp/books/R000000004-I029290413
• Web Site: https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/jsik/28/3/28_2018_023/_pdf
• Text Lang: ja
• Data Source:
  • JaLC
  • NDL
  • Crossref
  • CiNii Articles
  • KAKEN
• Abstract License Flag: Disallowed