Mason’un Bilişim Etiği Boyutları Altında Vikipedi’nin İncelenmesi

Abstract

The aim of this study was to investigate Wikipedia under the light of the dimensions of informatic ethics according to Mason (1986). Data set of this study was designed as qualitative research design and was collected by small focus group interview. The participants of the study were eight teacher candidates in the department of computer and instructional technology education in University of Anadolu. Interviews were carried out as four small focus group interviews including one male and one female from each grade level. The obtained data was analyzed with content analysis. Concordantly the data was organized and Wikipedia was investigated under the light of dimensions of information ethics. Results were discussed under two headings. The first as being, participants awareness regarding information ethics; and the second as being participants point of views on Wikipedia regarding the aspects of privacy, accuracy, property and accessibility. Results on participants awareness regarding information ethics revealed that they had not a structured knowledge on information ethics, but were familiar with the issue as can be understood by the informal examples they used. Results related with accessibility indicated that Vikipedi has high accessibility. Findings related to accuracy and intellectual property reveal that ethical problems are rather user based, note the environment. There came a theme which can be titled under ethical considerations regarding Wikipedia use which presented participants hesitations on entering issues without any control. Under the light of the findings of this study, we came to an understanding of a necessity for more information web 2.0 technologies. This may require a web 2.0 literacy training for teacher candidates