TY - JOUR
T1 - Comments on 'Trust and New Communication Technologies
T2 - Vicious Circles, Virtuous Circles, Possible Futures'
AU - Weckert, John
N1 - Imported on 12 Apr 2017 - DigiTool details were: Journal title (773t) = Knowledge, Technology and Policy: the international journal of knowledge transfer and utilization. ISSNs: 0897-1986;
PY - 2010
Y1 - 2010
N2 - These comments claim that a shift has occurred between early discussions of online trust, where the focus was on the possibility of such trust and later ones, such as Ess's, where the concern is more with the influence of the new communication technologies on trust in general. The comments, then, focus on affordance as examined by Ess, arguing that it is, indeed, a central issue in new communications and trust.
AB - These comments claim that a shift has occurred between early discussions of online trust, where the focus was on the possibility of such trust and later ones, such as Ess's, where the concern is more with the influence of the new communication technologies on trust in general. The comments, then, focus on affordance as examined by Ess, arguing that it is, indeed, a central issue in new communications and trust.
KW - Affordances
KW - Philosophy of technology
KW - Trust
U2 - 10.1007/s12130-010-9115-7
DO - 10.1007/s12130-010-9115-7
M3 - Article
SN - 2210-5433
VL - 23
SP - 307
EP - 309
JO - Philosophy and Technology
JF - Philosophy and Technology
IS - 3-4
ER -