Based on the content analysis of the multilingual articles of selected Wikipedia entries, this study examines the Wiki-content editing processes from the aspects of topic, framing, discourse, reference preferences and the relevance among languages, questioning with evidence that Wiki’s editing processes do not implement its editorial principles of objectivity and neutrality: Western discourse frameworks have taken root in the civilian global digital community; and there exists a biased “consensus” multilingually though the consistency of Wikipedia entries in various languages is currently weak and relatively independent. The intensified trend of linguistic hegemony highlights the necessity of better utilization of the Wiki-like worldwide platforms, and the importance of China to plan up-to-date international communication strategy and execution path with wisdom.

Qing Xia. Wikipedia Entries: Collaborative Editing of Bias under Linguistic Hegemony?. International Journal of Frontiers in Sociology (2022), Vol. 4, Issue 10: 109-114. https://doi.org/10.25236/IJFS.2022.041019.

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