ABSTRACT

To supplement current globalization indexes, I propose a new index, the Wikipedia Global Consciousness Index (WikiGCI). The WikiGCI, defined as a measure of awareness and meaning of the world as one place, is founded on Robertson's [(1992). Globalization: Social theory and global culture. Sage] suggestion of global consciousness. Available indexes that measure globalization rely on network definitions for their theoretical frameworks and count objects crossing borders. For the WikiGCI, ideas serve as the empirical units to understand global consciousness. The WikiGCI is based on articles edited in Wikipedia that express ideas on a world level. By geolocating IP address edits to Wikipedia articles, I identified the top 100 articles edited in the most countries (global articles). With this research, I first analyse how global articles affirm a global consciousness as well as define its meaning. Second, I construct an index of this consciousness and measure each country's score on it.

摘要

为了补充当前的全球化指数，我提出了一个新的指数，即维基百科全球意识指数（WikiGCI）。WikiGCI 被定义为衡量世界作为一个地方的意识和意义的衡量标准，它建立在罗伯逊的 [(1992). 全球化：社会理论与全球文化. Sage] 全球意识的建议。衡量全球化的可用指标依赖于其理论框架的网络定义并计算跨越边界的对象。对于 WikiGCI，想法是理解全球意识的经验单位。WikiGCI 基于在 Wikipedia 中编辑的文章，这些文章在世界范围内表达思想。通过对维基百科文章的 IP 地址编辑进行地理定位，我确定了在最多国家编辑的前 100 篇文章（全球文章）。通过这项研究，我首先分析了全球文章如何确认全球意识并定义其含义。其次，我构建了这种意识的指数，并衡量了每个国家的得分。