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A Study on the Knowledge Formation Process of Wikipedia in Korea through Big Data Analysis

빅데이터 분석을 통해 본 한국 위키피디아의 지식형성 과정에 관한 연구

  • 이정연 (이화여자대학교 이화사회과학원) ;
  • 전수현 (우아한형제들)
  • Received : 2020.05.26
  • Accepted : 2020.06.22
  • Published : 2020.06.30
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Abstract

This study analyzed the collaborative process in time series by dismantling the edit log big data of Wikipedia Korea, a representative online collaboration community, from early 2002 to 2019. Analysis elements were extracted from the document edit records, formatted in standardized XML, and analyzed using Python and R. The ways of editors' contribution, the characteristics of data contents, and the trend of document creation were explained by the analysis. An active contribution of a small set of editors and a loose participation of the majority were revealed. In addition, sociocultural characteristics that appear in online communities were also found in Wikipedia Korea. A new, diverse set of external resources is necessary to sustain the collective intelligence. An effort to settle new editors into the wikipedia community and an openness through circulation structure to avoid the exclusiveness of the management group are suggested.

본 연구는 대표적인 온라인 협업커뮤니티인 한국 위키피디아의 초기 2002년부터 2019년까지의 편집로그 빅데이터를 해체하여 공동협업과정을 시계열적으로 분석하였다. 공개된 오픈데이터의 표준화된 XML 문서편집 기록을 활용해 Phython과 R을 이용하여 분석 요소를 추출하여 이를 활용하였다. 연구 분석 결과 한국 위키피디아 편집자의 참여 방법, 데이터 내용의 특징, 문서 생성의 추이 등을 설명할 수 있었다. 소수 편집자들의 적극적 활동과 대다수 편집자들의 느슨한 참여도 밝혀졌으며, 온라인에서도 나타나는 사회 문화적 특징이 한국 위키피디아에서도 나타났다. 집단지성을 지속화시키기 위해서는 새롭고 다양한 외부자원이 필수인데 신규 진입자들이 공동편집 커뮤니티에 안착하기 위한 다각적인 고려가 필요하며, 관리자 그룹의 고착화를 탈피하여 순환구조를 통한 개방성이 필요함을 제언하였다.

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