Wikimania 2024

Włodzimierz Lewoniewski

Assistant Professor at the Department of Information Systems at Poznań University of Economics and Business. Research areas: information quality in open knowledge bases (such as Wikipedia, DBpedia, Wikidata), fake news detection, natural language processing, machine learning. Author of over 50 publications in English, Polish and Russian. More information: https://kie.ue.poznan.pl/en/wlodzimierz-lewoniewski/


Sessions

08-07
10:30
25min
Exploring Americanization in different regions of the world using Wikipedia and Wikidata
Włodzimierz Lewoniewski, Piotr Konieczny (Piotrus)

This study investigates the extent of Americanization in different geographical regions by analyzing Wikidata items and Wikipedia articles across various languages. It reveals differences in the interest in American topics, depending on the development of countries. This research offers the first global, quantitative evidence of Americanization, challenging previous assumptions. Additionally, it highlights Wikipedia's potential in quantifying social science concepts traditionally deemed unmeasurable and contributes to discussions on the platform's biases. Moreover, as an important part of the research, American sources of information in Wikipedia articles were identified and analyzed.

Research
Dilijan (3) (interpretation)
08-08
09:00
55min
Keynote: Opening the Academia
Dariusz Jemielniak, Julia Maria Koszewska, Włodzimierz Lewoniewski, Kasia Makowska

Panel with:
- Dariusz Jemielniak, professor of management at Kozminski University, faculty associate at the Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University, and vice-president of Polish Academy of Sciences;
- Dr Julia Maria Koszewska, Senior Library Assistant at Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR), vice-president of the Wikimedia Polska board of trustees;
- Dr Włodzimierz Lewoniewski, assistant professor at the Department of Information Systems at Poznań University of Economics and Business.

What does opening the academia mean in practice? Where do Wiki projects fit in the Open Science landscape?

Keynote session
Kyiv Auditorium (interpretation)