Andrew Lih | |
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![]() Lih at the Wikimania conference in Taipei, Taiwan, August 3, 2007 |
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Residence | Los Angeles, California, United States |
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andrewlih.com |
Andrew Lih (Traditional Chinese: 酈安治, Simplified Chinese: 郦安治, Pinyin: Lì Ānzhì[1][2]) is a new media researcher, consultant and writer, as well as a noted authority on both Wikipedia and internet censorship in the People's Republic of China.[3][4][5][6] He is currently a visiting professor at the University of Southern California.[7]
Lih, a Chinese American,[8] worked as a software engineer for AT&T Bell Labs from 1990 to 1993. He founded the new-media startup Mediabridge Infosystems in 1994. He also obtained a Masters degree in Computer Science from Columbia University in 1994.[9] From 1995 to 2000 he served as an adjunct professor of journalism at Columbia, and director of technology for their Center for New Media.[10] In 2000 he formed Columbia's Interactive Design Lab, a collaboration with the university's School of the Arts to explore interactive design for both fiction and non-fiction, including advertising, news, documentaries and films.[1] Soon afterward, Lih served as an assistant professor and the Director of Technology at the Journalism and Media Studies Centre of the University of Hong Kong.[1][11] He then moved to Beijing, China,[11] where he lived until 2009. He currently lives in Los Angeles.
Lih is a veteran Wikipedia contributor,[12] and in 2009 published the book The Wikipedia Revolution: How a Bunch of Nobodies Created the World's Greatest Encyclopedia. Lih has been interviewed in a variety of publications, including Salon.com[13] and The New York Times Freakonomics blog,[14] as an expert on Wikipedia.
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Selected publications
- Andrew Lih. (2009). The Wikipedia Revolution. New York: Hyperion. ISBN 1401303714. OCLC 232977686.
See also
References
- ^ a b c "Andrew Lih." University of Hong Kong. Retrieved on February 28, 2012.
- ^ "About." Andrew Lih Official Website. Retrieved on February 28, 2012.
- ^ Sydell, Laura (July 12, 2008). "How Do Chinese Citizens Feel About Censorship?". National Public Radio. http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=92489122. Retrieved May 11, 2009.
- ^ Johnson, Tim (May 15, 2008). "China relaxes grip on internet and media after quake". The Australian. http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,24897,23701837-7582,00.html. Retrieved May 11, 2009.[dead link]
- ^ Branigan, Tania (August 2, 2008). "Beijing Olympics: Government U-turn ends ban on human rights websites". guardian.co.uk. http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/aug/02/china.internet. Retrieved May 11, 2009.
- ^ Spencer, Richard (January 25, 2007). "China's growing number of internet users could exceed US". The Telegraph. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/1540536/Chinas-growing-number-of-internet-users-could-exceed-US.html. Retrieved May 11, 2009.
- ^ "Faculty: Andrew Lih" at USC Annenberg School for Communications and Journalism
- ^ Cohen, Noam. "Chinese Government Relaxes Its Total Ban on Wikipedia." The New York Times. October 16, 2006. Retrieved on February 28, 2012.
- ^ http://annenberg.usc.edu/~/media/Faculty/CV/Lih_CV2009.ashx
- ^ Kramer, Staci D. (March 1, 2004). "Meet Columbia's New Media Guru". Online Journalism Review. http://www.ojr.org/ojr/education/1077755580.php. Retrieved May 11, 2009.
- ^ a b Fallows, James (March 2008). "The Connection Has Been Reset". The Atlantic. http://www.theatlantic.com/doc/200803/chinese-firewall/. Retrieved May 11, 2009.
- ^ Sarno, David (September 30, 2007). "Wikipedia wars erupt". Los Angeles Times. http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/la-ca-webscout30sep30,1,2222717.story. Retrieved May 11, 2009.
- ^ Rossmeier, Vincent (March 24, 2009). "Are we dangerously dependent on Wikipedia?". Salon.com. http://www.salon.com/books/int/2009/03/24/wikipedia/print.html. Retrieved May 11, 2009.
- ^ Mengisen, Annika (June 16, 2009,). "By a Bunch of Nobodies: A Q&A With the Author of The Wikipedia Revolution". Freakonomics Blog. The New York Times Company. http://freakonomics.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/06/16/by-a-bunch-of-nobodies-a-qa-with-the-author-of-the-wikipedia-revolution/. Retrieved June 23, 2009.
External links
- andrewlih.com
- Andrew Lih on Twitter
- Flickr: Photos tagged with "andrewlih"