<CPOV> Journalistic article about Wikipedia's influence as an online activist

nathaniel tkacz nathanieltkacz at gmail.com
Fri Jul 13 11:52:52 CEST 2012


would mayo be the one to speak to on wikipedia and activism?

Nathaniel Tkacz

Assistant Professor
Centre for Interdisciplinary Methodologies
The University of Warwick

Twitter: http://twitter.com/__nate__




On Thu, Jul 12, 2012 at 2:38 PM, Sjoerd Arends <contactm at sjoerdarends.nl>wrote:

> Dear mr/ms,****
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> As a Dutch freelance journalist I am working on an article about
> Wikipedia’s influence on media and law. Reason for this article is the
> current black out Wikipedia arranged for itself to protest the Russian
> censorship laws. And earlier we saw the site was taken down to protest
> ACTA. I noticed that Dutch media immediately responded and reported about
> the actions, bringing the topics to life. This quick and massive response
> on a wiki protest intrigues me and I want to find out if Wikipedia is as
> powerful as I think, when it comes to online activism. For this I need one
> or more experts, who can tell me more about this topic. Do you like to
> comment or do you know someone else who would? In that case I would like to
> arrange a Skype conversation.****
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> Thank you in advance.****
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> Yours sincerely,****
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> *Sjoerd Arends*
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