[Air-L] Trust in online communities

Charles Ess charles.ess at gmail.com
Wed Apr 15 03:21:49 PDT 2015


A good thing I have a computer to remind me of some of the things I've done
...

The following may be even more relevant as it is both more recent and as it
seeks to conjoin the work on trust from philosophy and computer science
with some (fairly) recent work on trust in communities in CMC and Internet
Studies:

Trust, social identity, and computation. In Richard Harper (ed.), *The
Complexity of Trust, Computing, and Society*, 199-226. Cambridge: Cambridge
University Press, 2014.

Again, will be happy to share a PDF if this looks interesting and possibly
helpful.

Best,
charles

Professor in Media Studies
Department of Media and Communication
University of Oslo

Director, Centre for Research in Media Innovations (CeRMI)
Editor, The Journal of Media Innovations
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On Mon, Apr 13, 2015 at 4:55 PM, Tony Ratcliffe <mail at ratcliffe.ca> wrote:

> 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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