Personality Characteristics of Wikipedia Members

被引：26

作者：

Amichai-Hamburger, Yair ^{[1
]}

Lamdan, Naama ^{[2
]}

Madiel, Rinat ^{[2
]}

Hayat, Tsahi ^{[3
]}

机构：

[1] IDC Herzliya, Sammy Ofer Sch Commun, Res Ctr Internet Psychol CIP, IL-46150 Herzliyya, Israel

[2] Bar Ilan Univ, Dept Psychol, Ramat Gan, Israel

[3] Univ Haifa, Dept Commun, IL-31999 Haifa, Israel

来源：

CYBERPSYCHOLOGY & BEHAVIOR | 2008年 / 11卷 / 06期

关键词：

D O I：

10.1089/cpb.2007.0225

中图分类号：

G2 [信息与知识传播];

学科分类号：

05 ; 0503 ;

摘要：

Wikipedia is an online, free access, volunteer-contributed encyclopedia. This article focuses on the Wikipedians' (Wikipedia users) personality characteristics, studying Wikipedians' conceptions of Real-Me and BFI dimensions. To survey these aspects, we posted links to two online web questionnaires; one was targeted at Wikipedians and the second to non-Wikipedia users. One hundred and thirty-nine subjects participated in the study, of which 69 were active Wikipedia members. It was found that Wikipedia members locate their real me on the Internet more frequently as compared to non-Wikipedia members. Variance analysis revealed significant differences between Wikipedia members and non-Wikipedia members in agreeableness, openness, and conscientiousness, which were lower for the Wikipedia members. An interaction was found between Wikipedia membership and gender: introverted women were more likely to be Wikipedia members as compared with extroverted women. The results of this study are discussed with special emphasis on the understanding of the motivators of Wikipedia members.

引用

页码：679 / 681

页数：3

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