The Reputation Society
by Masum, Hassan; Tovey, Mark; Newmark, CraigFormat: Hardcover
Pub. Date: 2012-01-20
Publisher(s): Mit Pr
Other versions by this Author
List Price: $4.75
Rent Textbook
Select for Price
New Textbook
We're Sorry
Sold Out
Used Textbook
We're Sorry
Sold Out
eTextbook
We're Sorry
Not Available
This item is being sold by an Individual Seller and will not ship from the Online Bookstore's warehouse. The Seller must confirm the order within two business days. If the Seller refuses to sell or fails to confirm within this time frame, then the order is cancelled.
Please be sure to read the Description offered by the Seller.
Summary
In making decisions, we often seek advice. Online, we check Amazon recommendations, eBay vendors' histories, TripAdvisor ratings, and even our elected representatives' voting records. These online reputation systems serve as filters for information overload. In this book, experts discuss the benefits and risks of such online tools.The contributors offer expert perspectives that range from philanthropy and open access to science and law, addressing reputation systems in theory and practice. Properly designed reputation systems, they argue, have the potential to create a "reputation society," reshaping society for the better by promoting accountability through the mediated judgments of billions of people. Effective design can also steer systems away from the pitfalls of online opinion sharing by motivating truth-telling, protecting personal privacy, and discouraging digital vigilantism.
Table of Contents
| Foreword: Trust, Reputation Systems, and the Immune System of Democracy | p. ix |
| Acknowledgments | p. xiii |
| Introduction: Building the Reputation Society | p. xv |
| Understanding Reputation | p. 1 |
| Designing Reputation Systems for the Social Web | p. 3 |
| Web Reputation Systems and the Real World | p. 13 |
| An Inquiry into Effective Reputation and Rating Systems | p. 25 |
| Regulating Societies | p. 37 |
| The Biology of Reputation | p. 39 |
| Regulating Reputation | p. 51 |
| Less Regulation, More Reputation | p. 63 |
| Amplifying Signals | p. 75 |
| The Role of Reputation Systems in Managing Online Communities | p. 77 |
| Attention Philanthropy: Giving Reputation a Boost | p. 89 |
| Making Use of Reputation Systems in Philanthropy | p. 97 |
| Supporting Science | p. 109 |
| The Measurement and Mismeasurement of Science | p. 111 |
| Usage-Based Reputation Metrics in Science | p. 119 |
| Open Access and Academic Reputation | p. 129 |
| Improving Policy | p. 139 |
| Reputation-Based Governance and Making States "Legible" to Their Citizens | p. 141 |
| Trust It Forward: Tyranny of the Majority or Echo Chambers? | p. 151 |
| Rating in Large-Scale Argumentation Systems | p. 163 |
| The Reputation Society | p. 173 |
| Privacy, Context, and Oversharing: Reputational Challenges in a Web 2.0 World | p. 175 |
| The Future of Reputation Networks | p. 185 |
| "I Hope You Know This Is Going on Your Permanent Record" | p. 195 |
| Contributors | p. 205 |
| Index | p. 213 |
| Table of Contents provided by Ingram. All Rights Reserved. |
An electronic version of this book is available through VitalSource.
This book is viewable on PC, Mac, iPhone, iPad, iPod Touch, and most smartphones.
By purchasing, you will be able to view this book online, as well as download it, for the chosen number of days.
A downloadable version of this book is available through the eCampus Reader or compatible Adobe readers.
Applications are available on iOS, Android, PC, Mac, and Windows Mobile platforms.
Please view the compatibility matrix prior to purchase.