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Littlejohn, Allison; Hood, Nina – Information Research: An International Electronic Journal, 2018
Introduction: We report on the experiences of a group of people as they become Wikipedia editors. We test Benkler's (2002) theory that commons-based production processes accelerate the creation of capital, questioning what knowledge production processes do people engage in as they become editors? The analysis positions the development of editing…
Descriptors: Encyclopedias, Collaborative Writing, Electronic Publishing, Editing
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Vandendaele, Astrid; De Cuypere, Ludovic; Van Praet, Ellen – Written Communication, 2015
Thus far, professional editing has not been researched extensively in writing research. This article zooms in on sub-editing in newswriting as a form of professional editing, addressing three research questions: (a) What are the ways in which a news article's text is altered?, (b) Are some types of news article altered more significantly than…
Descriptors: Editing, News Writing, Revision (Written Composition), Discourse Analysis