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Cultural Anthropology Through the Lens of Wikipedia - A Comparison of Historical Leadership Networks in the English, Chinese, Japanese and German Wikipedia

Peter Gloor, Patrick De Boer, Wei Lo, Stefan Wagner, Keiichi Nemoto, Hauke Fuehres

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Abstract

In this paper we study the differences in historical worldview between Western and Eastern cultures, represented through the English, Chinese, Japanese, and German Wikipedia. In particular, we analyze the historical networks of the World's leaders since the beginning of written history, comparing them in the four different Wikipedias.

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Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Collaborative Innovation Networks COINs15, Tokyo, Japan March 12-14, 2015 (arXiv:1502.01142)
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cs.SISocial and Information Networks

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