This paper presents a simple model of trust and autonomy and explores the role of power as social influence on trust and autonomy. We present a quantitative measure we term power homogeneity that quantifies profiles of power assignment in a group. Experimental results illustrate changes in trust and autonomy with groups at different power homogeneity. We also show that our model of autonomy pre...

This study looked into the way in which Singapore implemented the use of information technology in its schools. It adopted a process framework in using the diffusion approach to study the issue. Instead of focusing primarily on the outcome of adoption it also looked at context and actors’ dimensions. The study found that the communication process was persuasion-oriented instead of interaction-o...

We discuss the importance of expression and understanding of autonomy among social agents. We present steps in design of systems that facilitate automatic detection and expression of interagent autonomy.

This two-wave survey study investigated the concurrent and longitudinal relationships between different styles of restrictive and active parental mediation (autonomy-supportive, controlling, or inconsistent), adolescents’ media violence exposure, and aggression. Our sample consisted of 1029 adolescents (10e14 years; 49.8% girls). Results indicate that restrictive mediation communicated in an au...

Article history: This paper examines the de Received 17 November 2007 Received in revised form 27 October 2008 Accepted 28 October 2008

Andrea Westlund’s ‘Rethinking Relational Autonomy’ and Catriona Mackenzie and Jacqui Poltera’s ‘Narrative Integration, Fragmented Selves and Autonomy’ have many overlapping themes. In what follows, I draw out one of the overlapping themes: both articles distinguish between the necessary conditions for ‘identity’ or cross-temporal agency and the necessary conditions for autonomy. I suggest that ...