{"status":"ok","message-type":"work","message-version":"1.0.0","message":{"indexed":{"date-parts":[[2026,7,14]],"date-time":"2026-07-14T22:04:42Z","timestamp":1784066682544,"version":"3.55.0"},"reference-count":81,"publisher":"Informa UK Limited","issue":"1","content-domain":{"domain":[],"crossmark-restriction":false},"short-container-title":["The Information Society"],"published-print":{"date-parts":[[2009,1,13]]},"DOI":"10.1080\/01972240802587562","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2009,1,15]],"date-time":"2009-01-15T03:54:15Z","timestamp":1231991655000},"page":"38-59","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":50,"title":["Wikipedia, Critical Social Theory, and the Possibility of Rational Discourse"],"prefix":"10.1080","volume":"25","author":[{"given":"Sean","family":"Hansen","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Case Western Reserve University","place":["USA"]}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Nicholas","family":"Berente","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Case Western Reserve University","place":["USA"]}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Kalle","family":"Lyytinen","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Case Western Reserve University","place":["USA"]}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"301","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2009,1,8]]},"reference":[{"key":"e_1_3_3_2_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.4135\/9781849208918"},{"key":"e_1_3_3_3_1","volume-title":"Making sense of management: A critical introduction","author":"Alvesson M.","year":"1996","unstructured":"Alvesson , M. and Willmott , H. 1996 . Making sense of management: A critical introduction , Thousand Oaks, CA : Sage ."},{"key":"e_1_3_3_4_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.4135\/9781446220030"},{"key":"e_1_3_3_5_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/j.compcom.2005.02.002"},{"key":"e_1_3_3_6_1","first-page":"53","article-title":"WikiScanning","author":"Biuso E.","year":"2007","unstructured":"Biuso , E. 2007 . WikiScanning . The New York Times Magazine , : 53 December 9","journal-title":"The New York Times Magazine"},{"key":"e_1_3_3_7_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1080\/02683960210164336"},{"key":"e_1_3_3_8_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1093\/oso\/9780198297345.001.0001"},{"key":"e_1_3_3_9_1","volume-title":"The labyrinths of information: Challenging the wisdom of systems","author":"Ciborra C. C.","year":"2002","unstructured":"Ciborra , C. C. 2002 . The labyrinths of information: Challenging the wisdom of systems , Oxford, UK : Oxford University Press ."},{"key":"e_1_3_3_10_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1177\/030631278101100101"},{"key":"e_1_3_3_11_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1287\/mnsc.36.6.689"},{"key":"e_1_3_3_12_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1145\/1101779.1101804"},{"key":"e_1_3_3_13_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1177\/026839629801300408"},{"key":"e_1_3_3_14_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1017\/UPO9781844653539"},{"key":"e_1_3_3_15_1","volume-title":"Understanding infrastructure: Dynamics, tensions, and design. Report of a workshop on History and Theory of Infrastructure: Lessons for New Scientific Cyberinfrastructures","author":"Edwards P. N.","year":"2007","unstructured":"Edwards , P. N. , Jackson , S. J. , Bowker , G. C. and Knobel , C. P. 2007 . Understanding infrastructure: Dynamics, tensions, and design. Report of a workshop on History and Theory of Infrastructure: Lessons for New Scientific Cyberinfrastructures , Ann Arbor, MI : University of Michigan ."},{"key":"e_1_3_3_16_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.2307\/258557"},{"key":"e_1_3_3_17_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/j.infoandorg.2004.12.001"},{"key":"e_1_3_3_18_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1080\/13691180210159300"},{"key":"e_1_3_3_19_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1207\/s15327051hci0404_1"},{"key":"e_1_3_3_20_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1017\/CBO9780511810503"},{"key":"e_1_3_3_21_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1215\/9780822390169-018"},{"key":"e_1_3_3_22_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"900","DOI":"10.1038\/438900a","article-title":"Special report: Internet encyclopaedias go head to head","volume":"438","author":"Giles J.","year":"2005","unstructured":"Giles , J. 2005 . Special report: Internet encyclopaedias go head to head . Nature , 438 : 900 \u2013 901 .","journal-title":"Nature"},{"key":"e_1_3_3_23_1","first-page":"114","volume-title":"Recent sociology No. 2: Patterns of communicative behavior","author":"Habermas J.","year":"1970","unstructured":"Habermas , J. 1970 . \u201c Toward a theory of communicative competence \u201d . In Recent sociology No. 2: Patterns of communicative behavior , Edited by: Dreitzel , H. P. 114 \u2013 148 . New York : Macmillan ."},{"key":"e_1_3_3_24_1","volume-title":"On the pragmatics of communication","author":"Habermas J.","year":"1976","unstructured":"Habermas , J. 1976 . On the pragmatics of communication , Cambridge, MA : MIT Press ."},{"key":"e_1_3_3_25_1","volume-title":"The theory of communicative action: Reason and the rationalization of society","author":"Habermas J.","year":"1984","unstructured":"Habermas , J. 1984 . The theory of communicative action: Reason and the rationalization of society , Boston : Beacon Press ."},{"key":"e_1_3_3_26_1","first-page":"43","volume-title":"Moral Consciousness and Communicative Action","author":"Habermas J.","year":"1990","unstructured":"Habermas , J. 1990 . \u201c Discourse ethics: Notes on a program of philosophical justification \u201d . In Moral Consciousness and Communicative Action , 43 \u2013 115 . Cambridge, MA : MIT Press ."},{"key":"e_1_3_3_27_1","volume-title":"Truth and justification","author":"Habermas J.","year":"2003","unstructured":"Habermas , J. 2003 . Truth and justification , Cambridge, MA : MIT Press ."},{"issue":"1","key":"e_1_3_3_28_1","first-page":"179","article-title":"The Telecommunications Act of 1996: Codifying the digital divide","volume":"50","author":"Hammond A. S.","year":"1997","unstructured":"Hammond , A. S. 1997 . The Telecommunications Act of 1996: Codifying the digital divide . Federal Communications Law Journal , 50 ( 1 ) : 179 \u2013 21 .","journal-title":"Federal Communications Law Journal"},{"key":"e_1_3_3_29_1","volume-title":"40th Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS 1907)","author":"Hansen S.","unstructured":"Hansen , S. , Berente , N. and Lyytinen , K. . Wikipedia as rational discourse: An illustration of the emancipatory potential of information systems . 40th Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS 1907) . January 3\u20136 . Washington, D. C. : IEEE Computer Society ."},{"key":"e_1_3_3_30_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1145\/506139.506144"},{"key":"e_1_3_3_31_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1046\/j.1365-2575.2003.00144.x"},{"key":"e_1_3_3_32_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.2307\/249611"},{"key":"e_1_3_3_33_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1017\/CBO9780511895425"},{"key":"e_1_3_3_34_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1108\/09593849610153412"},{"key":"e_1_3_3_35_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1007\/978-1-349-14549-2"},{"key":"e_1_3_3_36_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1080\/01972240050133634"},{"key":"e_1_3_3_37_1","volume-title":"Falling through the Net: Defining the digital divide","author":"Irving L.","year":"1999","unstructured":"Irving , L. 1999 . Falling through the Net: Defining the digital divide , Washington, DC : National Telecommunications and Information Administration, U. S. Department of Commerce ."},{"key":"e_1_3_3_38_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.2307\/248893"},{"key":"e_1_3_3_39_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1108\/09593840410522152"},{"key":"e_1_3_3_40_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1108\/09593840410570267"},{"key":"e_1_3_3_41_1","first-page":"433","volume-title":"The Landscape of qualitative research: Theories and issues","author":"Kincheloe J.","year":"2003","unstructured":"Kincheloe , J. and McLaren , P. 2003 . \u201c Rethinking critical theory and qualitative research \u201d . In The Landscape of qualitative research: Theories and issues , Edited by: Denzin , N. K. and Lincoln , Y. S. 433 \u2013 488 . Thousand Oaks, CA : Sage ."},{"key":"e_1_3_3_42_1","volume-title":"The critical social theory of J\u00fcrgen Habermas and its implications for IS research","author":"Klein H. K.","year":"2004","unstructured":"Klein , H. K. and Huynh , M. 2004 . The critical social theory of J\u00fcrgen Habermas and its implications for IS research , Chichester, UK : Wiley . Social Theory and Philosophy for Information Systems"},{"key":"e_1_3_3_43_1","article-title":"A brief history of the Internet","author":"Leiner B. M.","year":"2003","unstructured":"Leiner , B. M. , Cerf , V. G. , Clark , D. D. , Kahn , R. E. , Kleinrock , L. , Lynch , D. C. , Postel , J. , Roberts , L. G. and Wolff , S. 2003 . A brief history of the Internet . Internet Society , http:\/\/www.isoc.org (accessed October 29, 2008)","journal-title":"Internet Society"},{"key":"e_1_3_3_44_1","volume-title":"The wiki way: Quick collaboration on the Web","author":"Leuf B.","year":"2001","unstructured":"Leuf , B. and Cunningham , W. 2001 . The wiki way: Quick collaboration on the Web , Boston : Addison-Wesley Longman ."},{"issue":"1","key":"e_1_3_3_45_1","first-page":"2","article-title":"Information systems as rational discourse: An application of Habermas theory of communicative action","volume":"4","author":"Lyytinen K.","year":"1988","unstructured":"Lyytinen , K. and Hirschheim , R. 1988 . Information systems as rational discourse: An application of Habermas theory of communicative action . Scandinavian Journal of Management , 4 ( 1 ) : 2","journal-title":"Scandinavian Journal of Management"},{"key":"e_1_3_3_46_1","first-page":"219","volume-title":"Research Methods in Information Systems","author":"Lyytinen K.","year":"1985","unstructured":"Lyytinen , K. and Klein , H. K. 1985 . \u201c The critical theory of Jurgen Habermas as a basis for a theory of information systems \u201d . In Research Methods in Information Systems , Edited by: Mumford , E. , Hirschheim , R. , Fitzgerald , G. and Woods-Harper , A. T. 219 \u2013 236 . New York : North-Holland ."},{"key":"e_1_3_3_47_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1023\/A:1008720609782"},{"key":"e_1_3_3_48_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1080\/01972240591007571"},{"key":"e_1_3_3_49_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1145\/567498.567527"},{"key":"e_1_3_3_50_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.4018\/978-1-59140-118-6"},{"key":"e_1_3_3_51_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1108\/09593849710178225"},{"key":"e_1_3_3_52_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.2307\/249417"},{"key":"e_1_3_3_53_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1023\/A:1008600220584"},{"key":"e_1_3_3_54_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1287\/orsc.3.3.398"},{"key":"e_1_3_3_55_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.17705\/1jais.00132"},{"key":"e_1_3_3_56_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.17705\/1CAIS.01937"},{"key":"e_1_3_3_57_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"1","DOI":"10.7208\/chicago\/9780226668208.001.0001","volume-title":"Science as practice and culture","author":"Pickering A.","year":"1992","unstructured":"Pickering , A. 1992 . \u201c From science as knowledge to science as practice \u201d . In Science as practice and culture , Edited by: Pickering , A. 1 \u2013 26 . Chicago : University of Chicago Press ."},{"key":"e_1_3_3_58_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1177\/030631284014003004"},{"key":"e_1_3_3_59_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1287\/isre.10.1.38"},{"key":"e_1_3_3_60_1","volume-title":"Reading Habermas","author":"Rasmussen D.","year":"1990","unstructured":"Rasmussen , D. 1990 . Reading Habermas , Oxford, UK : Basil Blackwell ."},{"key":"e_1_3_3_61_1","volume-title":"The cathedral and the bazaar","author":"Raymond E. S.","year":"2001","unstructured":"Raymond , E. S. 2001 . The cathedral and the bazaar , Sebastopol, CA : O'Reilly ."},{"key":"e_1_3_3_62_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1177\/030631296026002001"},{"key":"e_1_3_3_63_1","volume-title":"Why Wikipedia must jettison its anti-elitism","author":"Sanger L.","year":"2004","unstructured":"Sanger , L. 2004 . Why Wikipedia must jettison its anti-elitism Kuro5hin.org, December 31"},{"key":"e_1_3_3_64_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1080\/01972240290075110"},{"key":"e_1_3_3_65_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1023\/A:1008644224566"},{"key":"e_1_3_3_66_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1145\/504350.504356"},{"key":"e_1_3_3_67_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1287\/mnsc.32.11.1492"},{"key":"e_1_3_3_68_1","volume-title":"Boundary objects and the poetics of infrastructure","author":"Star S. L.","unstructured":"Star , S. L. Boundary objects and the poetics of infrastructure , Cambridge, MA : MIT Press . Forthcoming"},{"key":"e_1_3_3_69_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.2307\/3250979"},{"key":"e_1_3_3_70_1","first-page":"575","volume-title":"Proceedings of the 2004 Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems","author":"Vi\u00e9gas F. B.","unstructured":"Vi\u00e9gas , F. B. , Wattenberg , M. and Dave , K. . Studying cooperation and conflict between authors with history flow visualizations . Proceedings of the 2004 Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems . pp. 575 \u2013 582 ."},{"key":"e_1_3_3_71_1","first-page":"192","volume-title":"A sociology of monsters\u2014Essays on power, technology and domination","author":"Webster J.","year":"1991","unstructured":"Webster , J. 1991 . \u201c Advanced manufacturing technologies: Work organisation and social relations crystalised \u201d . In A sociology of monsters\u2014Essays on power, technology and domination , Edited by: Law , J. 192 \u2013 222 . London : Routledge ."},{"key":"e_1_3_3_72_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/S0167-7799(99)01384-0"},{"key":"e_1_3_3_73_1","volume-title":"History of Wikipedia","author":"Wikipedia Contributors","year":"2007","unstructured":"Wikipedia Contributors . 2007a . History of Wikipedia Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia"},{"key":"e_1_3_3_74_1","volume-title":"Researching with Wikipedia","author":"Wikipedia Contributors","year":"2007","unstructured":"Wikipedia Contributors . 2007b . Researching with Wikipedia Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia"},{"key":"e_1_3_3_75_1","volume-title":"Wikipedia: Copyrights","author":"Wikipedia Contributors","year":"2007","unstructured":"Wikipedia Contributors . 2007c . Wikipedia: Copyrights Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia"},{"key":"e_1_3_3_76_1","volume-title":"Wikipedia: Reliable sources","author":"Wikipedia Contributors","year":"2007","unstructured":"Wikipedia Contributors . 2007d . Wikipedia: Reliable sources Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia"},{"key":"e_1_3_3_77_1","volume-title":"Wikipedia: Verifiability","author":"Wikipedia Contributors","year":"2007","unstructured":"Wikipedia Contributors . 2007e . Wikipedia: Verifiability Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia"},{"key":"e_1_3_3_78_1","first-page":"531","volume-title":"Technology, organizations and innovation: Critical perspectives on business and management","author":"Winner L.","year":"2005","unstructured":"Winner , L. 2005 . \u201c Do artifacts have politics? \u201d . In Technology, organizations and innovation: Critical perspectives on business and management , Edited by: Preece , D. , McLoughlin , I. and Dawson , P. 531 \u2013 544 . London : Routledge ."},{"key":"e_1_3_3_79_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1108\/09593849710178207"},{"key":"e_1_3_3_80_1","volume-title":"What is intellectual property?","author":"World Intellectual Property Organization","year":"2007","unstructured":"World Intellectual Property Organization . 2007 . What is intellectual property? http:\/\/www.wipo.int\/about-ip\/en\/ (accessed June 10, 2007)"},{"key":"e_1_3_3_81_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/0960-8524(94)90214-3"},{"key":"e_1_3_3_82_1","volume-title":"In the age of the smart machine: The future of work and power","author":"Zuboff S.","year":"1988","unstructured":"Zuboff , S. 1988 . In the age of the smart machine: The future of work and power , New York : Basic Books ."}],"container-title":["The Information Society"],"original-title":[],"language":"en","link":[{"URL":"https:\/\/www.tandfonline.com\/doi\/pdf\/10.1080\/01972240802587562","content-type":"unspecified","content-version":"vor","intended-application":"similarity-checking"}],"deposited":{"date-parts":[[2025,4,9]],"date-time":"2025-04-09T11:26:27Z","timestamp":1744197987000},"score":1,"resource":{"primary":{"URL":"https:\/\/www.tandfonline.com\/doi\/full\/10.1080\/01972240802587562"}},"subtitle":[],"short-title":[],"issued":{"date-parts":[[2009,1,8]]},"references-count":81,"journal-issue":{"issue":"1","published-print":{"date-parts":[[2009,1,13]]}},"alternative-id":["10.1080\/01972240802587562"],"URL":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1080\/01972240802587562","relation":{},"ISSN":["0197-2243","1087-6537"],"issn-type":[{"value":"0197-2243","type":"print"},{"value":"1087-6537","type":"electronic"}],"subject":[],"published":{"date-parts":[[2009,1,8]]}}}