The reputation society : how online opinions are reshaping the offline world /

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Imprint:Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, c2011.
Description:xxi, 220 p. ; 24 cm.
Language:English
Series:The information society series
Information society series.
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/8682568
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Other authors / contributors:Masum, Hassan, 1971-
Tovey, Mark, 1970-
ISBN:9780262016643 (hardcover : alk. paper)
0262016648 (hardcover : alk. paper)
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of Contents:
  • Foreword: Trust, Reputation Systems, and the Immune System of Democracy
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction: Building the Reputation Society
  • I. Understanding Reputation
  • 1. Designing Reputation Systems for the Social Web
  • 2. Web Reputation Systems and the Real World
  • 3. An Inquiry into Effective Reputation and Rating Systems
  • II. Regulating Societies
  • 4. The Biology of Reputation
  • 5. Regulating Reputation
  • 6. Less Regulation, More Reputation
  • III. Amplifying Signals
  • 7. The Role of Reputation Systems in Managing Online Communities
  • 8. Attention Philanthropy: Giving Reputation a Boost
  • 9. Making Use of Reputation Systems in Philanthropy
  • IV. Supporting Science
  • 10. The Measurement and Mismeasurement of Science
  • 11. Usage-Based Reputation Metrics in Science
  • 12. Open Access and Academic Reputation
  • V. Improving Policy
  • 13. Reputation-Based Governance and Making States "Legible" to Their Citizens
  • 14. Trust It Forward: Tyranny of the Majority or Echo Chambers?
  • 15. Rating in Large-Scale Argumentation Systems
  • VI. The Reputation Society
  • 16. Privacy, Context, and Oversharing: Reputational Challenges in a Web 2.0 World
  • 17. The Future of Reputation Networks
  • 18. "I Hope You Know This Is Going on Your Permanent Record"
  • Contributors
  • Index