On Black Wikipedians: Motivations behind content contribution

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Highlights:

• Black altruism indirectly influences Black Wikipedians’ content contribution through perceptions of information quality.

• Black Wikipedians’ perceived social presence is a strong but an indirect factor on content contribution.

• In contrast to previous studies, entertainment does not significantly motivate Black Wikipedians’ content contribution.

摘要

•Black altruism indirectly influences Black Wikipedians’ content contribution through perceptions of information quality.•Black Wikipedians’ perceived social presence is a strong but an indirect factor on content contribution.•In contrast to previous studies, entertainment does not significantly motivate Black Wikipedians’ content contribution.

论文关键词:African Americans,Wikipedia,Content contribution,Motivations,Peer production,Underrepresented populations

论文评审过程:Received 26 November 2018, Revised 24 September 2019, Accepted 25 September 2019, Available online 23 October 2019, Version of Record 16 March 2020.

论文官网地址:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ipm.2019.102134