The Truth According to Wikipedia
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The Truth According to Wikipedia, also referred to as Wiki's Truth (Dutch: Wiki's Waarheid), is a Dutch documentary about Wikipedia directed by IJsbrand van Veelen. It was screened at The Next Web conference in Amsterdam on 4 April 2008 and broadcast by the Dutch documentary series Backlight (Dutch: Tegenlicht) on Nederland 2 on 7 April 2008. It was subsequently made available through American Public Television.
The Truth According to Wikipedia | |
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Directed by | IJsbrand van Veelen |
Produced by | Judith van den Berg |
Starring | Jimmy Wales Larry Sanger Andrew Keen Tim O'Reilly Robert McHenry |
Cinematography | Niels van't Hoff Pim Hawinkels Richard Kille |
Edited by | Stefan Kamp Jos de Putter Doke Romeijn |
Music by | Chris Everts Frank van der Sterre |
Distributed by | Backlight and YouTube |
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Running time | 48 minutes |
Country | Netherlands |
Language | English |
The documentary examines the reliability of Wikipedia, and the dichotomy between the contributions of experts and amateur editors. The documentary includes commentary from Wikipedia co-founders Jimmy Wales and Larry Sanger, The Cult of the Amateur author Andrew Keen, O'Reilly Media chief executive officer Tim O'Reilly, and former editor-in-chief of Encyclopædia Britannica Robert McHenry. Keen says that experts should serve as guardians of information during the Web 2.0 phenomenon; this point of view is supported by analysis from Sanger.
The Truth According to Wikipedia received a generally positive reception, being described in Film Quarterly as "a sharp and wide-ranging overview of wikipistemology".[1] The Center for Strategic and International Studies gave the documentary a rating of "Good", and called it a useful resource to teach students about appropriate sourcing.[2] Media scholar Mirko Tobias Schäfer described it as an apt debate over truth as represented on the website. New media writer Stephen Downes said the documentary was captivating for its ability to place Wikipedia within the wider context of the Web 3.0 social phenomenon.