[Air-L] Trust in online communities

[Andreas Schmidt]

Hi Tony, 

no advice regarding your theoretical approach other than: communities of practice and trust frameworks) should make for a perfectly reasonable perspective for analysing security communities. 

My thesis has covered operational security communities from a somewhat different perspective. It  describes the realities of Internet security production and global incident response through the lenses of open source and peer production theories. 
http://repository.tudelft.nl/view/ir/uuid:ecf237ed-7131-4455-917f-11e55e03df0d/

Andreas
@shmt, netdefences.com/research

> Am 13.04.2015 um 16:55 schrieb Tony Ratcliffe <mail at ratcliffe.ca>:
> 
> My qualitative study is examining how security management and investigation
> professionals use online communities for work-related learning. I have
> conducted 30 interviews by Skype and by telephone. The first 10 were
> exploratory; the latter 20 in the main study were more focused. While a
> thematic analysis identified four main themes, the underlying issue relating
> to participation is all about trust (or lack thereof). Concerns relate to
> privacy, confidentiality, exposure, vulnerability, and authenticity.
> 
> It is time to do a more in-depth analysis of the interview data. I want to
> apply both communities of practice and trust frameworks to the analysis. I
> would appreciate if anyone has any specific suggestions for the approach,
> particularly relating to trust. Suggested readings are welcome.
> 
> I look forward to meeting many of you at IR16 in Phoenix. My plane and hotel
> are booked. I just need to register. 
> 
> Thanks for any input,
> 
> Tony
> 
> Tony Ratcliffe
> PhD Student
> School of Education
> University of Leicester
> 
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