Trusting Institutions

Trusting Constitutions

Two explanations for the importance of trusting constitutions are offe-red : First, constitutions that convey trust towards citizens have posi-tive effects by fostering civic virtue. A crucial factor of a trusting con-stitution is the extent to which the citizens are allowed to actively par-ticipate in the political process. We present empirical evidence thatparticipation vi...

Trusting Emergence

Trusting an Information Agent

While the common kinds of uncertainties in databases e g null values disjunction corrupt missing data domain mis match etc have been extensively studied a relatively unexplored form of uncertainty in databases called inaccurate data demands due attention Inaccurate data results when data are contributed by various information agents with some known reliability Though the data itself is total or...

Trusting Social Location Technologies

Social networks provide rich opportunities to interact with friends and other members. While research on motivations and interaction design help explain what makes online communities successful, the influence of trust on social location technologies and interactions that integrate online and off-line activities remains unclear. Drawing from research on information systems, social psychology, an...

Trusting the record.

OBJECTIVES This paper aims to contribute to a longstanding interest in documents and paperwork in healthcare work through an examination of everyday work with patient records in a clinic. METHODS An ethnographic study of record keeping practices in a deliberate self harm clinic was conducted to consider the role that document work plays in the development of trust in the routine social intera...