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Attention to Wikipedia articles covering events is skewed towards those in high-income countries, with political events and disasters receiving particular focus over cultural and sports events, per analysis of 17,490 articles

11.08.23 | PLOS

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Poor attention: The wealth and regional gaps in event attention and coverage on Wikipedia
Motivation. On November 2nd 2020, two terrorist attacks occurred: One in Vienna, Austria and one in Kabul, Afghanistan (top). Although both events gained many page views and edits on the English Wikipedia (bottom left), the attack in Austria received much more attention than the one in Afghanistan, including coverage in more Wikipedia language editions (bottom right). Maps retrieved from Wikimedia Commons (top left) and OpenStreetMap (top right). Credit: Ruprechter et al., 2023, PLOS ONE, CC-BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

Attention to Wikipedia articles covering events is skewed towards those in high-income countries, with political events and disasters receiving particular focus over cultural and sports events, per analysis of 17,490 articles

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Article URL: https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0289325

Article Title: Poor attention: The wealth and regional gaps in event attention and coverage on Wikipedia

Author Countries: Austria, USA

Funding: This work was funded in part by Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) and Army Research Office (ARO) under Contract No. W911NF-21-C-0002 awarded to KB.

PLOS ONE

10.1371/journal.pone.0289325

Poor attention: The wealth and regional gaps in event attention and coverage on Wikipedia

8-Nov-2023

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Keywords

Communications Mass Media Social Research Social Sciences Society Written Communication

Article Information

Journal
PLOS ONE
DOI
10.1371/journal.pone.0289325
Article Publication Date
2023-11-08
Article Title
Poor attention: The wealth and regional gaps in event attention and coverage on Wikipedia
COI Statement
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Contact Information

Hanna Abdallah
PLOS
onepress@plos.org

How to Cite This Article

APA:
PLOS. (2023, November 8). Attention to Wikipedia articles covering events is skewed towards those in high-income countries, with political events and disasters receiving particular focus over cultural and sports events, per analysis of 17,490 articles. Brightsurf News. https://www.brightsurf.com/news/LDEY64G8/attention-to-wikipedia-articles-covering-events-is-skewed-towards-those-in-high-income-countries-with-political-events-and-disasters-receiving-particular-focus-over-cultural-and-sports-events-per-anal.html
MLA:
"Attention to Wikipedia articles covering events is skewed towards those in high-income countries, with political events and disasters receiving particular focus over cultural and sports events, per analysis of 17,490 articles." Brightsurf News, Nov. 8 2023, https://www.brightsurf.com/news/LDEY64G8/attention-to-wikipedia-articles-covering-events-is-skewed-towards-those-in-high-income-countries-with-political-events-and-disasters-receiving-particular-focus-over-cultural-and-sports-events-per-anal.html.