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In the so-called age of post-truth, one‘s own version of reality is often amplified and accelerated to the point of disregard for reliable ways of knowing what is true. With the aim of controlling the spread of misinformation, Grabowski & Klein offer a scathing critique of the lack of criticality within Wikipedia.
Review of: Jan Grabowski & Shira Klein (2023), “Wikipedia’s Intentional Distortion of the History of the Holocaust” [in] The Journal of Holocaust Research [online], DOI: 10.1080/25785648.2023.2168939 by Richard Tylman, MFA
Abstract
The goal for this paper is to take stock of the challenges facing Wikipedia‘s portrayal of the Polish–Jewish relations, in conjunction with the launch of a 59-page manifesto by Professor of History at the University of Ottawa, Jan Grabowski, a Polish-born Canadian, like the reviewer below. In the so-called age of post-truth, one‘s own version of reality is often amplified and accelerated to the point of disregard for reliable ways of knowing what is true. With the aim of controlling the spread of misinformation, Grabowski & Klein offer a scathing critique of the lack of criticality within Wikipedia. The complaints against volunteer contributors 'promoting a skewed version of history' emerge as the new paradigm for evaluating the viability of the project. Grabowski & Klein use a narrative device commonly referred to as dog whistling to tell us what to think and advise us whom to condemn. Thus Wikipedia‘s collective ability to assimilate factual information is questioned. The Polish raison d‘être is linked with incorrigible prejudice. The Foundation is urged to identify state-sponsored agents who might have entered the scene, and behoved to look into the arbitration‘s inability to deal with the issue. The opinions presented by Grabowski & Klein as facts, more often than not, contain both evidence of bias and distorted reality judgments. Named Wikipedians are targeted for degradation, others are glorified. At least some evidence seems manufactured.
Keywords: Wikipedia, Poland, Holocaust, Pogroms, Collaboration
Read full article published online 26 Mar 2024 at Academia (with PDF included)
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Review of: Jan Grabowski & Shira Klein (2023), “Wikipedia’s Intentional Distortion of the History of the Holocaust” [in] The Journal of Holocaust Research [online], DOI: 10.1080/25785648.2023.2168939 by Richard Tylman, MFA
Abstract
The goal for this paper is to take stock of the challenges facing Wikipedia‘s portrayal of the Polish–Jewish relations, in conjunction with the launch of a 59-page manifesto by Professor of History at the University of Ottawa, Jan Grabowski, a Polish-born Canadian, like the reviewer below. In the so-called age of post-truth, one‘s own version of reality is often amplified and accelerated to the point of disregard for reliable ways of knowing what is true. With the aim of controlling the spread of misinformation, Grabowski & Klein offer a scathing critique of the lack of criticality within Wikipedia. The complaints against volunteer contributors 'promoting a skewed version of history' emerge as the new paradigm for evaluating the viability of the project. Grabowski & Klein use a narrative device commonly referred to as dog whistling to tell us what to think and advise us whom to condemn. Thus Wikipedia‘s collective ability to assimilate factual information is questioned. The Polish raison d‘être is linked with incorrigible prejudice. The Foundation is urged to identify state-sponsored agents who might have entered the scene, and behoved to look into the arbitration‘s inability to deal with the issue. The opinions presented by Grabowski & Klein as facts, more often than not, contain both evidence of bias and distorted reality judgments. Named Wikipedians are targeted for degradation, others are glorified. At least some evidence seems manufactured.
Keywords: Wikipedia, Poland, Holocaust, Pogroms, Collaboration
Read full article published online 26 Mar 2024 at Academia (with PDF included)
Or ...
Check out the article webpage with updates, links, and rare transcripts of Hoover World War II Archives.
