Heather Ford on Can We Trust Wikipedia? How to Nurture Truth in the Digital Age

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Heather Ford on Can We Trust Wikipedia? How to Nurture Truth in the Digital Age

Andrew Keen

Nov 18, 2022

Hosted by Andrew Keen, Keen On features conversations with some of the world’s leading thinkers and writers about the economic, political, and technological issues being discussed in the news, right now.

In this episode, Andrew is joined by Heather Ford, author of Writing the Revolution: Wikipedia and the Survival of Facts in the Digital Age.

Heather Ford is Associate Professor and Head of Discipline for Digital and Social Media, School of Communication, University of Technology Sydney.

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