The reputation society : how online opinions are reshaping the offline world / edited by Hassan Masum and Mark Tovey.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Masum, Hassan, 1971-

Tovey, Mark.

Series:

Information society series

The information society series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Reputation.

Information society--Social aspects.

Information society.

Internet--Social aspects.

Internet.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxi, 220 pages).

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, [2011]

System Details:

text file

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.

Contents:

I Understanding Reputation 1

1 Designing Reputation Systems for the Social Web / Chrysanthos Dellarocas Dellarocas, Chrysanthos 3

2 Web Reputation Systems and the Real World / Randy Farmer Farmer, Randy 13

3 An Inquiry into Effective Reputation and Rating Systems / John Henry Clippinger Clippinger, John Henry 25

II Regulating Societies 37

4 The Biology of Reputation / John Whitfield Whitfield, John 39

5 Regulating Reputation / Eric Goldman Goldman, Eric 51

6 Less Regulation, More Reputation / Lior Jacob Strahilevitz Strahilevitz, Lior Jacob 63

III Amplifying Signals 75

7 The Role of Reputation Systems in Managing Online Communities / Cliff Lampe Lampe, Cliff 77

8 Attention Philanthropy: Giving Reputation a Boost / Alex Steffen Steffen, Alex 89

9 Making Use of Reputation Systems in Philanthropy / Marc Maxson Maxson, Marc, Mari Kuraishi Kuraishi, Mari 97

IV Supporting Science 109

10 The Measurement and Mismeasurement of Science / Michael Nielsen Nielsen, Michael 111

11 Usage-Based Reputation Metrics in Science / Victor Henning Henning, Victor, Jason Hoyt Hoyt, Jason, Jan Reichelt Reichelt, Jan 119

12 Open Access and Academic Reputation / John Willinsky Willinsky, John 129

V Improving Policy 139

13 Reputation-Based Governance and Making States "Legible" to Their Citizens / Lucio Picci Picci, Lucio 141

14 Trust It Forward: Tyranny of the Majority or Echo Chambers? / Paolo Massa Massa, Paolo 151

15 Rating in Large-Scale Argumentation Systems / Luca landoli landoli, Luca, Josh Introne Introne, Josh, Mark Klein Klein, Mark 163

VI The Reputation Society 173

16 Privacy, Context, and Oversharing: Reputational Challenges in a Web 2.0 World / Michael Zimmer Zimmer, Michael, Anthony Hoffman Hoffman, Anthony 175

17 The Future of Reputation Networks / Jamais Cascio Cascio, Jamais 185

18 "I Hope You Know This Is Going on Your Permanent Record" / Madeline Ashby Ashby, Madeline, Cory Doctorow Doctorow, Cory 195.

Notes:

OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.

ISBN:

0262298473

9780262298476

1283448874

9781283448871

OCLC:

775741204

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.