What Does Research on the Online Community of Wikipedia Indicate

question 14

Multiple Choice

What does research on the online community of Wikipedia indicate about its language use?

• A) Editors, who hold a higher rank than administrators, tend to use more neutral, impersonal, and formal words.
• B) Administrators tend to use language to form and maintain connections.
• C) Male administrators are more relationship oriented than female editors.
• D) If the Wikipedia community wants to grow, it should increase the number of female administrators.

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Definitions:

Stimulus Situations

Specific environmental conditions or events that elicit responses from individuals or organisms.

Big Five

A model describing human personality through five broad dimensions: openness, conscientiousness, extraversion, agreeableness, and neuroticism.

Variations

Differences or deviations in conditions, outcomes, or characteristics from what is considered standard or normal.

Cooperate

To work together towards a common goal or to act jointly with others.