论文标题
在Covid-19危机期间，对Wikipedia的突然关注转移
Sudden Attention Shifts on Wikipedia During the COVID-19 Crisis
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论文摘要
我们研究了Covid-19的大流行以及随之而来的严重流动性限制如何影响了世界上最大的在线百科全书Wikipedia的信息访问。一项纵向分析，将12个Wikipedia语言版本的浏览量统计与Apple和Google发表的移动性报告结合在一起，揭示了大流行期间信息寻求模式的数量和性质的巨大变化。有趣的是，尽管我们观察到在移动性限制后，Wikipedia的浏览量量的瞬时增加，但所寻求的信息的性质受到了更永久的影响。这些变化对于与实施最严重的流动性限制的国家相关的语言版本最为明显。我们还发现，属于不同主题的文章的行为不同。例如，对与娱乐相关的主题的关注正在持续甚至增加，而对健康和生物学相关的话题的兴趣很小，要么是短暂的。我们的结果凸显了维基百科在研究大流行如何影响人们的需求，利益和关注点的实用性。
We study how the COVID-19 pandemic, alongside the severe mobility restrictions that ensued, has impacted information access on Wikipedia, the world's largest online encyclopedia. A longitudinal analysis that combines pageview statistics for 12 Wikipedia language editions with mobility reports published by Apple and Google reveals massive shifts in the volume and nature of information seeking patterns during the pandemic. Interestingly, while we observe a transient increase in Wikipedia's pageview volume following mobility restrictions, the nature of information sought was impacted more permanently. These changes are most pronounced for language editions associated with countries where the most severe mobility restrictions were implemented. We also find that articles belonging to different topics behaved differently; e.g., attention towards entertainment-related topics is lingering and even increasing, while the interest in health- and biology-related topics was either small or transient. Our results highlight the utility of Wikipedia for studying how the pandemic is affecting people's needs, interests, and concerns.
