Women Discuss, Men Expound
February 7, 2011With more than 3.5 million articles in English, Wikipedia contains information on nearly every topic imaginable, including its own authors. One thing the self-named Wikipedians reveal about themselves: Most of them are male. According to a chart titled “Demography of Wikipedia Editors,” included in the Wikipedia entry for “Wikipedia,” less than 15 percent of those who label themselves “occasional” or “regular” contributors are female. A study by the Wikimedia Foundation, …
Collecting Digital Fingerprints
January 18, 2011Not long ago, if you were looking for a new car and suddenly started seeing auto ads everywhere, you might have thought this was a coincidence, or maybe the product of your own increased attention. But, in the online realm, ad placement is based on pretty much everything except coincidence. Cookies and a variety of other tracking mechanisms allow advertisers, merchants, news services and non-profits to follow individuals’ activities so …
Online Sentinel Offers Expanded Coverage
October 1, 2009Sentinel is beginning its transition to an online publication this fall. Readers now will be able to find new articles every month at www.palisadeshudson.com. The newsletter, whose quarterly print circulation has reached 10,000 after 16 years of publication, joins the daily “Current Commentary” blog on our Web site. The site also provides occasional video commentaries as we develop new ways to share news and ideas with our audience. We plan …
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