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The News On Wiki NOW campaign is built on a foundation of published research. This page is an annotated bibliography of the core principles behind News on Wiki.

How a news outlet builds trust

Discussions of ethics in journalism have long focused on the ability of the public to trust news organizations. See for instance several articles in the 1922 edition of the 1922 volume of the Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science.

Specific audiences interested in local news

• Pew study (2019): Older Americans, Black Adults and Americans With Less Education More Interested in Local News

Wikipedia content determines contents of Google and Bing search results

• Rothschild, Lurie, and Mustafaraj, "How the Interplay of Google and Wikipedia Affects Perceptions of Online News Sources", Computation and Journalism Symposium, 2019.
  • Reviewed in the Signpost: Isaac Johnson, Recent research: The Importance of Wikipedia in Assessing News Source Credibility, The Signpost, September 30, 2019.

In addition to publishing research that guided the design of the News On Wiki campaign, Eni Mustafaraj and Emma Lurie were part of the core team in the Phase One (2018) campaign.

Wikidata content is also significant to search engine results

• Clay Cazier: Wikidata 101: Columnist Clay Cazier guides you through the basics of Wikidata, explaining what it is, why it matters to SEO professionals and how you can leverage it, Search Engine Land, February 10, 2016.