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Wikipedians from Mars: Female students' perceptions toward wikipedia

This paper presents the results of a preliminary study on non-contributing behaviors among college-aged Wikipedia users. By focusing on female freshmen, I investigated how college-aged female students start establishing certain attitudes toward Wikipedia, how previous experience influences these perceptions, and how a new social environment has an impact on their perceptions. Based on in-depth interviews with 9 female college freshmen and 4 non-freshmen students, the results suggest that experience, subjective norms, and their social position as a college student influenced female freshmen to establish negative perceptions and constrain them from contributing to Wikipedia. The present study is significant in that it provides multifaceted aspects of perceptions that discourage contributions from young female students to Wikipedia, and design implications for promoting their participation.