Evansville Vanderburgh Public Library

Truth in numbers?, Glen Echo Entertainment presents in association with Underdog Pictures ; produced by Scott Glosserman, Michael Ferris Gibson ; directed by Scott Glosserman, Nic Hill

eng

videorecording

Rating: Not rated

Truth in numbers?

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Glen Echo Entertainment presents in association with Underdog Pictures ; produced by Scott Glosserman, Michael Ferris Gibson ; directed by Scott Glosserman, Nic Hill

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An American documentary film that explores the history and cultural implications of the online, user-editable encyclopedia, Wikipedia. The film considers the question of whether all individuals or just experts should be tasked with editing an encyclopedia. The site's history and background is given, along with commentary from Wikipedia founders Jimmy Wales and Larry Sanger"After viewing this provocative documentary, you will never look at Wikipedia the same way. Filmmakers Scott Glosserman and Nic Hill engagingly explore the history and cultural implications of one of the most traveled and referenced sites on the Internet. A whole range of opinion is expressed about the impact of Wikipedia on the archiving of learning, from interviews with founder Jimmy Wales to commentators suspicious of the site's supposed neutrality. The documentary delves into the EssJay controversy in which a Wikipedian made false claims about his academic credentials and the battle over journalist John Seigenthaler's inaccurate entry. Evenhandedly weaving multiple perspectives about the impact of Wikipedia, the film provokes a deeper conversation on how knowledge is formed and what future generations will learn about history and the world."--Container

general

live action

Everything, according to Wikipedia