Gender gap through time and space: A journey through Wikipedia biographies via the Wikidata Human Gender Indicator
- Title
- Gender gap through time and space: A journey through Wikipedia biographies via the Wikidata Human Gender Indicator
- Author
- Konieczny, Piotr Bronislaw
- Keywords
- Data mining; demographics; gender gap; Wikidata; Wikipedia
- Issue Date
- 2018-06
- Publisher
- SAGE PUBLICATIONS LTD
- Citation
- NEW MEDIA & SOCIETY, v. 20, No. 12, Page. 4608-4633
- Abstract
- In this study, we investigate how quantification of Wikipedia biographies can shed light
on worldwide longitudinal gender inequality trends, a macro-level dimension of human
development. We present the Wikidata Human Gender Indicator (WHGI), located
within a set of indicators allowing comparative study of gender inequality through space
and time, the Wikipedia Gender Indicators (WIGI), based on metadata available through
the Wikidata database. Our research confirms that gender inequality is a phenomenon
with a long history, but whose patterns can be analyzed and quantified on a larger scale
than previously thought possible. Through the use of Inglehart–Welzel cultural clusters,
we show that gender inequality can be analyzed with regard to world’s cultures. We
also show a steadily improving trend in the coverage of women and other genders in
reference works.
- URI
- https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/1461444818779080https://repository.hanyang.ac.kr/handle/20.500.11754/81115
- ISSN
- 1461-4448
- DOI
- 10.1177/1461444818779080
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